I think that was part of the point. Also he has mountainous pecs. The whole ab-mountains thing is a little weird to me.
I know. If you didn't know better, you'd think she wrote devotionals or Inspirational fiction. My eyes were popping.
I read back through this thread, and I swear to Jeebus and all that is holy, this is the FUNNIEST thing I have read in I cannot remember when oh my holy roasted fucken feels man! I am DONE! You guys have a collaborative BEST SELLER in comedy USING THIS THREAD ALONE! I am in TEARS!!!
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I've heard through the grapevine, that there's another one trying to TM the word "FOREVER" Hold onto your hats, this could be a bumpy ride ... I don't know who it is though, but there's a rumour that the person's twitter follower numbers dropped by 39 THOUSAND overnight.(not sure on the validity of that though)
Eotd it's not the trademark that matters it's what they do with it, if faileena had just tm'd cocky as it applied to her books and sat on it no one would have cared, it was all the c&d letters and complaints to Amazon that were the issue. That said Kevin kneuppner is posting a step by step on challenging a trademark on his blog.
It looks like the forever war is over , author is withdrawing the trademark application. Faileena however is a gift that keeps on giving. She's now trying to stop someone using the word cocky in a book because it's a parody of her work.... Good luck with that
I think someone said Dr. Tingle has already bowed out, but he is the superhero we need right now. Pounded in the Butt by a Cocky Trademark Application.
I've finally finished that video - thank fuck - and, God, is she full of bullshit. How the fuck is this dodgy-looking porn "making the world a better place"? ETA: And that part where she's pretending to type - di-di-di-di-di-di-di-di! That got annoying after a bit. Also, she has a "mission". And her massive wank-fest in the middle where she bangs on about how she "became successful" (bonus points for the Masterclass plug!). In all fairness, it does sound like she's genuinely worked hard, but she loses all the points I award her for that by implying that because some people have only written one book, they have not. Not everyone bangs out a book - sorry, a first draft - a month, and not everyone has all day to write, Faleena.
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces And an Honorable Mention to Harper Lee, who was also considered a loser throughout her life, only salvaging her reputation with the publication of Go Set a Watchman.
I know - I think it's great that she's doing what she loves and that she's got enough cash that she doesn't need a day job, but I only have two hours at the end of the day - one hour now, and I'm so tired that I don't have the energy to do anything that requires thinking. I'm lucky to get a hundred words a week and I hate that.
I think Ian should trademark his Avatar....I sure as shit dont want to see anyone else use it....makes me pee the bed or something like that.