I'm sorry, but I can't help take this with a rather large cup pound of salt.
I had contemplated posting this as a friends-locked entry in LJ, but I seriously don't care who reads my opinion of this without ever spending the money to go through the course (which would never happen; yes, there are still bad feelings on that side. Not mine. Good riddance.)
I am so against slimy sales pitches. They go against my grain. They have no dignity.
This entire sales pitch has not one iota of dignity. I respect myself too much to ever do something like this.
And yes, I know she has multiple 'courses' out there. I went through one, way back when. Neither I nor my writing fit in with her ideals back then, either.
This smacks of desperation, in my mind. But then again, anything so blatantly sales-pitchy smacks of desperation to me. That's why I tend to stay far, far, far away from them.
Maybe I should write a rebuttal: "It's not the money, stupid, it's the story."
Heh.
I had contemplated posting this as a friends-locked entry in LJ, but I seriously don't care who reads my opinion of this without ever spending the money to go through the course (which would never happen; yes, there are still bad feelings on that side. Not mine. Good riddance.)
I am so against slimy sales pitches. They go against my grain. They have no dignity.
This entire sales pitch has not one iota of dignity. I respect myself too much to ever do something like this.
And yes, I know she has multiple 'courses' out there. I went through one, way back when. Neither I nor my writing fit in with her ideals back then, either.
This smacks of desperation, in my mind. But then again, anything so blatantly sales-pitchy smacks of desperation to me. That's why I tend to stay far, far, far away from them.
Maybe I should write a rebuttal: "It's not the money, stupid, it's the story."
Heh.
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On the other hand, I'd love to see the advertisement for the writing course you'd teach. :)
lol. Maybe I should write it up as an exercise. :)
If she's making money off it, more power to her, but I think it's a sign that she's not selling novels and looking for other ways to supplement her income.
And I'd have to agree with you on the last part as well.