So angry!!!

[skia]

A new book hit the shelves this autumn. A little ditty called The Loss of Leon Meed. It's been greeted by warm reviews. Publishers Weekly calls the book "a promising debut." Booklist says the author "shows considerable flair in his striking ability to give his whimsical premise such philosophical overtones." This all sounds great, right? There's

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[lubu]

Heh, this happened to John Wright. Before he got published a guy named John Wright published books about pet therapy. These are some of the titles

"Is Your Cat Crazy Solutions from the Casebook of a Cat Therapist"
"Ain't Misbehavin: The Groundbreaking Program for Happy, Well-Behaved Pets and Their People"
"The Dog Who Would Be King: Tales and Surprising Lessons from a Pet Psychologist"

[maurann]

I think Joshua Scott Emmons is such a strong name. It's the name of a writer! The imposter Josh, probably doesn't have a cool full name like you.

Feh.

[rmharris157]

First, you would seriously publish a book as "Josh?" It doesn't sound formal enough to be taken seriously (at least over an extended period of time.) What you should do is hurry up and publish a book as "Joshua Emmons" so that when your counterpart realizes that he should've used a full name, you may have lost the battle, but nevertheless won the war.

Second, I think you've done plenty with your life--at least enough to give me countless hours of entertainment. :)

-R