Thursday Thirteen #10 ~ The Whiney Author Drinking Game

This T-13 is brought to you today by the letter T and the number 13. Today, we're focusing on the "whiney author", you know the ones. Try not to get too drunk, eh?

1. Author whines about not getting any royalties ~ one shot

2. Author whines about having no time to promote after you suggest that's probably why they're not getting any royalties ~ two shots

3. Author whines about how great you are in comparison to their "floundering" career ~ three shots

4. Author whines about getting a poor review, thus goes into hiding for three weeks ~ four shots

5. Author whines about not being a "real" author, despite being multi-published at a reputable publishing house ~ 5 shots

6. Author is upset when Jane Q. Writer's novel is considered for a movie but hers isn't ~ 6 shots

7. Author whines that their manuscript actually has to be "edited" ~ 7 shots

8. Author whines when no one responds to her drive-by promo posts on the Yahoo loops ~ 8 shots

9. Author flips out over hearsay about current publishing house and pulls her contract for no good reason ~ 9 shots

10. Author whines that family and friends only read print ~ 10 shots

11. Author whines that her book isn't a New York Times bestseller, despite being a brand new author that no one has heard of ~ 11 shots

12. Whiney author admits she won't read eBooks because she can't sit at the computer for hours at a time, however, she's a successful, multi-published eBook author ~ 12 shots

13. Author is constantly comparing her career to that of Nora Roberts ~ 13 shots

I'm sure we all know some authors who resemble these remarks. Heck, may even be the pot calling the kettle black, if you know what I mean... LOL

~~Becka