RATATOUILL’E
On the way home from Anthocon 2012, I was sitting in the back of the car playing on my iPhone, when I came across this beauty of a submission call.
After reading it out loud to my buddies in the car, we laughed and laughed and laughed (and laughed some more).
Now, let’s not all run out and write a story for this…
Actually, NOBODY should write a story for this.
Any guesses on who STFU Publishing belongs to?
(Yes, it’s actually called Shut The F*ck Up Publishing, the name itself should give you a little hint.)
DRUM ROLL PLEASE!
He’s baaaaaaack!
Tony G. has reared his ugly head again.
I’m hoping you’ll share this post for two reasons.
- Protect the new authors who don’t know about him yet.
- It’s freaking hilarious.
I especially love this part.
“Formatting is how you like, but preferred is single spaced with no tabs. Have name address, phone number info on first page only. If you don’t want to put phone and other info that’s fine, but don’t bother submitting then, as there are times when direct communication is necessary during the editing process.”
It should say: “There are times when direct communication is necessary, unless I’m going to change everything in your story…”
“How my story was Tonied” By Mandy DeGeit
mandydegeit.wordpress.com 
Honestly, in surprised it took this long from him to resurface. Time to sound the alarms again.
I’m!!!!!! Not in surprised!!!! Damn autocorrect.
Thanks for the warning bells.
No problem. Just trying to keep our writing safe! 🙂
Not only is his editorial work appalling, but who the hell would want to read a collection of 3000+ word stories about rats?
After writing my own rat story, I can actually see how this collection could be appealing. Perhaps I judged too quickly.
I never had a problem with the idea of rat stories. A story is a story. What was funny to me was the submission call itself was poorly written. (Demanding the phone number was quite funny as well.)
Also, it’s the rat behind the anthology I’m more concerned about. 😀
I’d keep the rat story for yourself and submit it to a worthy press!
Thanks for the heads up–you’re probably saving people lots of headaches!
No problem. 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to read the post!
good lord. how can he still publish?
Just for fun, I wrote a story for this antho. Wish me luck. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.
OMG that’s hilarious. If he changes ANYTHING without letting you know, be sure to blog about it. 🙂
Just so you know, a character named Mandy is killed by a character named Tony G. Hope you don’t mind 🙂
Hahahaha he’ll prob change it. Or think I wrote it. I’m excited to see where this goes. Keep me posted!
Tony G called me last night regarding my story. His voice message said he liked it but wanted to change some names for obvious reasons. When I returned the call, he asked if it was a serious submission. He assumed I was some raving lunatic stalking him. I’d only heard of him a few days ago, so that obviously wasn’t the case. Well, I have to admit that after talking to him for 25 minutes or so, he sounds like a pretty normal person. He admitted that he’s done some things as an editor/publisher that people don’t like, but he also said he’s making some changes in the way he does things. I’ll keep everyone updated on what happens.
Nathaniel, have you not been paying attention? If you’re doing this as a lark, so be it, but he’s a real jerk, I’d avoid him at all costs. I wouldn’t even send him a joke story, he’s so mentally unstable. “Done some things people don’t like”? You mean like rewrite stories and cut stories out and get names and titles wrong? He’s a real ass. AVOID.