Dear Customer Service

Dear Customer Service,

I understand that when trying to get new customers you offer special promotions to draw customers in.  I am in no way saying this is a bad thing but you are creating a huge problem.  While you are offering your promotions is everyone else.  For every NEW customer you draw in you have to ask yourself, how MANY are you losing? Why are you losing customers? Simple answer, you are screwing them over.

If you have a customer who has been with you for 2 plus years, I would call them a loyal customer, regardless if they have a contract or not.  They make their payments every month, they don’t cause any problems, they don’t ask for something every few moths. THESE are the customers you decide you want to screw over.

Customer: Can I have an upgrade? You: Suuuuure, just pay full price for the item. Discounts are for NEW customers only.

Customer: My bill keeps increasing, can I get a break of some kind since I’ve been with you for so long? You: Noooooo!!! But here is a rate increase for you. Be sure to pay your increase bill on time.

Customer: I’m paying out too much every month, I can’t afford to keep this service. You:

All the customer hears is crickets chirping. I’m informing you that if you continue to treat your loyal customers like second class customers then your competitors will soon have NEW customers. Please offer your loyal customers rewards too.

Sincerely,

A Loyal Customer

My First Graphic Novel

I have a small dilemma and I am asking for help. If this decision involved just myself I would not put so much thought into it but I have two brothers, artist just starting out, who need me to make a well informed decision.
First off, The Guardians has been turned into a graphic novel. Seems people really like the concept of this series being made into a graphic novel but if you put a gun to my head and told me to draw a stick man I would be dead, I just can’t draw to save my life.
Artist after artist read The Guardians and agreed it would make a great graphic novel but none thought they could do the book justice, until these two brothers. I know NOTHING about printing a graphic novel and need to be pointed in the right direction. Any ideas or suggestions would be most welcomed.
Thank you.

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Have You Ever Been In Love?

Have you ever been so in love that no matter what happens you still love them? A love so strong you know you've been together in a past life? A love so pure you know you will meet in the next life? A love that makes you babble on and on and you can't make any sense no matter how hard you try? A love that is so innocent you smile when thinking of this person. A love so hungry that the slightest touch drives you insane? A love that can not be crushed my time, death, or even the person wishing to move on away from you? Yea, it's like that. Have you ever been in love?

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The Border Crossed Who?

 There is a saying that is being repeated over and over in California, and is making its way over to Texas.  “California is full of Mexicans back when it was Mexico.  They didn’t cross the border, the border crossed them.”  People are finding this statement funny and repeating it but when you repeat it have you really thought this through?  Let’s break this down shall we?

First off, I was born in the beautiful state of California, I lived there a total of ten years, bouncing back and forth between Texas and California, until I was eighteen.  Texas is my home but California is my birth place.  I was fortunate enough to study both state history’s in school and I’m proud to have done so.

Now when the “Border crossed them,” it was called a Revolution.  Both California and Texas fought for Independence from Mexico.  What does that mean?  It means they no longer wanted to be a part of Mexico.

Both became their own Republic.  They no longer called themselves Mexican because they did not consider themselves to be a citizen of Mexico, but instead called themselves Californians or Texans.  They were proud to be their own people, their own nation.  They fought and died for that freedom to be separate from Mexico.

Do you see a pattern here yet?

When the United States was spreading west bound they asked these Independent Countries, make no mistake they were their own country once they left Mexico, to join the Union.  So they now became citizens of the United States, again, no longer calling themselves Mexicans but the more common term of Americans.

With all this said, let’s look at what California and Texas is full of, um, not Mexicans, because let’s get this straight people, being a Mexican is a nationality not an ethnicity, they are full of AMERICANS!  That’s right they were born here as Americans not Mexicans.  So when you see the truth this statement falls apart.

Please don’t repeat a false statement, it doesn’t look good for anyone.

Love's Flight Path Revised

The first 3 chapters of the revised Love's Flight Path are ready for review. Reply with the email you want me to send it to.

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This is why people need to read

Sadly some people truly believe this:
In case it gets taken down, here's the text by +IMDb user brian__007:

"Overall, I like "Lord of the Rings." However, I do feel that Tolkien kind of rips off "Harry Potter" in many ways. There are several parallels, such as elves, dwarfs, wizards, goblins, trolls, magic (especially invisibility), etc. Sauron is referred to as “Dark Lord” just like Voldemort is. There is also the elder white-haired bearded wizard who serves almost as a mentor, Gandalf, who is reminiscent of Dumbledore. Some of the character names are similar, such as Wormtongue as opposed to Wormtail, too. There is even a gigantic spider (Shelob) at the end of "The Two Towers" that reminds one of Aragog from "Chamber of Secrets." I even noticed that the plots of both series begin with the protagonists’ birthday. Now I see that Tolkien, this unoriginal bastard, is coming out with "The Hobbit" in December. This would be fine, but why didn't he just write this book first to begin with? I still like "Lord of the Rings," though--don't get me wrong--but I wonder if Tolkien has ever said in interviews whether he borrowed elements from Harry Potter. I’ll be watching the extended DVDs later this week and I think he’s featured on the commentary track, so I look forward to that."

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Please Read To Me

There is nothing more frustrating for an author to hear than OH I DON'T READ! In an effort to combat This is why I am launching my Please Read To Me campaign. I hope my fellow authors will join in and spread the word. Repost if you agree with me. We need to get America reading again.

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Zombie Hunter

Thinking about becoming a certified zombie hunter. Anyone know how I get started?

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