Pacione’s bout of hypergraphia continues. This morning I found two new Blogspot entries and one on MySpace from him. The following is from his most recent Blogspot of August 17, 2007.
“One thing I am setting out to do with this book is proving one thing — I am real. And being exactly who you are in person as you are online is the most disturbing. Yeah I can see Brian Knight trying to snag this post and pick it apart with The Rusty Nail or his other piece of shit blog that he has out there to stalk to shit out of me.”
First, my name is not Brian. Second, I never thought you weren’t a real person, Mr. Pacione. You are unreal, but that’s a different story. Mr. Knight, please accept my apologies for Mr. Pacione’s addled thought process.
“Dagstines, Lake Fossil Press is staying live and I am publishing Tabloid Purposes IV — won’t be the last anthology that I am running and there will be more.”
I thought Dagstine had been keeping a rather low profile of late. Pacione’s most likely just ticked off that Dagstine pulled a story from either TPIV or the Ethereal Gazette (I forget which he was supposed to be in). Word on the street is that TPIV lost two authors; I heard that in addition to Boye, Enck pulled out under pressure from his publisher. A new entry on Pacione’s forum would seem to corroborate that. I heard a rumor that some woman pulled out as well, but I cannot find evidence to support that assertion.
“The threats are becoming more intense with writing this non-fiction book and I will be including one of the hatemails in the book and they won’t see a dime from the hatemail they get published.”
Either he’s sending himself hate mail, or someone’s playing a trick on him. My working theory is that Pacione is simply trying to stir up interest in his tell-all memoir, in the hope that legitimately published authors will be curious enough to see what he’s said about them to buy a copy.
I’m afraid it won’t work that way. Nobody wants to read that Ms. Hawkes and Ms. SanGiovanni have (gasp!) long hair, or that Poppy Z. Brite’s stories contain “the sexuality.” Even if the book were to contain some earth-shattering news, it wouldn’t become a bestseller. It’s a grapevine thing; the publishing grapevine works about as quickly as that of Wall Street.
And from his MySpace entry, we have this:
“Some asshole is impersonating me on the board and using the persona NickolausPacLone, “
I saw that post on Pacione’s forum last night. Sure, I knew it was fake, but I thought it was funny anyway. No, Mr. Pacione, it wasn’t from me. I have my suspicions who it might be, but have nothing concrete, so I shall say nothing further on the subject.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!
You have to come here to read. Enough said.
-Russ
Yes,
I’m sad to say that I submitted over five months ago to the TB IV. The story was rather short. I didn’t know he was a lunatic. I was submitting dozens of shorts to many different magazines. My novels were contracted rather easily but the shorts are a harder sell. I wanted to get them out there. Also, I was submitting to different anthologies. When I was picked up for “THE SOUND OF HORROR” (Magus Press) with Louise Bohmer and Michael Laimo, I was picked up also for THE LITERARY BONE, and TP IV
The payment for TP IV was (18.00 dollars)
The payment for some of the other shorts with different mags were between (100-150)
I also received a massive amount of pressure from my publisher not to affiliate myself with said person. (You are correct in that assessment)
That was not however why I became aware of Nickolaus. I took many colleagues advice and researched on my own. I also talked with the Editors at my Publisher who stated, “They’d look into Pacione’s Tabloid Purposes…”
The results were astonishing. I was advised even with my modicum of success to back away from the Editor of TP IV. From my understanding the information was found at Absolute Water cooler.
Hope that helps Rusty Nail..
Just leave me alone mother fuckers! It isn’t funny that you’re going around stalking the hell out of me so you have to go around destroying my career, listen up mother fucker and listen good. That book will be published and you will be done. You hear me asshole, you’re fisished. Your blog is going to be removed and gone. Keep fucking with me and I will report you to wordpress for harassment.
Pacione, you’re right next door to losing your intellect, if you haven’t done so already. Publish your book. As you’ve already figured, no one cares. No one is ever going to. You’ve made so many enemies in the industry, that the repercussions from it will outlive the history of Hitler. You think people are saying these things because of your manuscript? They’re saying it to warn others not to associate with you. You call people terrorists? I call a grown man who terrorizes women and threatens the safety of a child a terrorist. Have you ever realized just for a second through your fog of angst and absurdity that the people you are gnashing your teeth towards also have fans of their own? Let’s say someone buys your book, and learns that you are trying to derail another author they like with meaningless insults. How does that appear on your behalf?
If the energies you expel towards people that do nothing to you were to be forwarded towards writing good books you would be better off. Instead, crowds laugh your predictability out. And I’m afraid you know it, and they are growing in numbers. You are a contagion that will need to be cleansed. I don’t know if you’re mentally ill, a spoiled child, someone who sits in the dark wanting to get revenge on the world because little “Betsy” in fifth grade kissed “Timmy” instead of you, and now you build castles in the air to the fact of finding “Timmy” in everyone and secretly “killing” them with each dream, but no one is going to care for someone like that. Especially someone who doesn’t think about what they say to others, or who they try to hurt. Fictional writers know they live in a world of reality even when they are writing fiction. I think you don’t. I think every tornado and whirlwind and monster you have tried to create has someone’s name on it. But the biggest monster of all, the one that’s suicidal and ready to bite back…has yours.
Let me ask this question rusty nail, how long do you plan to chase me around forum to forum like an asshole? Enck — man, people fought on me years and years so there is a lot of bad blood going around. I am going to be honest with you here what I was going to pay you overall for the short story was $36 but it was going to be in two sittings. Sit and take a wet shit on my name after I’ve paid you — that is unprofessional on your part.
Fuckers like Brian Keene had tried to derail me for years but I bounce back and will push back harder. I am not trying to start a shoving match with you but damn man. Think about this for a second. Would you want to derail an author who is in the same bracket? Think about it long and hard Enck. The Rusty Nail — I don’t fucking appreciate the fact you’re stealing my blog entries and stalking me from one place to the next. What kind of person are you setting yourself out to be — and that is the rorst kind of monster more than people ever claim I ever was.
I’ve heard that alot too but really — do you have any respect for anything that is copyrighted by me (photography or writing wise?) Rusty nail my blog doesn’t have a creative commons license so you didn’t do the picture or write story, don’t be an asshole and steal it.
Mr. Pacione, It would be an abomination if Mr. Enck didn’t pay you back the $18, which would barely cover a diner dinner for two, plus tip, but that’s your problem, not mine.
Codgerrumblings — I wish bad things happen to you, unspeakable things. For the shit you’re doing to me on this blog I wish you die in a car accident. Mother fucker, quit fucking stalking me already. I guess the only way you fucks will stop me from writing this book is offer up large sums of money to shut up the project. Meager $10 bribes won’t even stop the project (yes I’ve seen your friends do that shit too asshole.)
So when do I get my actual threat of death and arson? The FBI wants to know.
Let me ask this question to you Rusty Nail — what gives you the justification to attempt at rail roading my career as a writer? I want you to explain that to me privately via e-mail instead of causing a mob action like a faceless coward. You’re a disphit if you go around chasing me forum to forum like a dick, and do you think I have a right in this country to promote my books without the authors being harassed without end?
You’re a fag if you say no to the question, and some might be pissed off because I rail off on authors because of the stunts they’ve pulled. Such as Keene accusing me of stealing from Stephen King, and that is libel right there. An asshole like Brian Keene needs to be derailed and there are no names of authors I royally dislike mentioned in the book I am writing just that I mention that many of the authors in my bracket are much more cut throat these days. I have a right to get the readerships legitimately and what you assholes who go around stealing anthologies are doing is the same as shoplifting if you went to a book store and stole the book from a Barnes & Noble. Enck let me ask this question, if someone like Bennet came in and stole a book from you right under your nose — I think you’d be foaming at the mouth too.
No, you do NOT have a right to be published, any more than I do. BTW, I have been published in a few print trade journals. By improving your craft, you may be able to get a start without having to print your own drivel on Lulu.
Rusty’s journal here is protected under the Fair Use Provision to the US Copyright law.
I applaud your journalistic integrity which is clear by your even-handed approach to covering these issues.
Shut the fuck up then you second class citizen then. Let me get my books sold like the next guy. Let me get a readership with the books even if they are published on lulu.com. Enck you are really in no place to talk when it comes to being self-published because you worked with lulu.com too. And to that answer you saying I don’t have a right to be published.
Publishing is a fucking right not a damn private invite. You are in violation of my right of that in the bill of rights — free of speech and press mother fucker. I am still working on that book and yes it will get published. Keep running your mouth bitch because you’re just a faceless little fuck who hides behind a fake name and a shitload of opinions that you can’t back up without a real name, show your real name Rusty Nail. You’re messing with a hydra in this business asshole. You’re not even causing me to skip a beat one bit with this non-fiction book with the distractions on this fucking blog. You’re pissing me off. LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE ALREADY!
The new Tabloid Purposes IV showed up on Lulu yesterday afternoon. I compared the new Table of Contents to the previous one and found three names gone: the second author in the original lineup whose name escapes me (a guy, though whose middle name was Heathrow), Rie Sheridan, and Kody Boye. Rie and Kody both have Writerscafe accounts. Rie also apparently had some small press publications, so maybe someone from one of those places clued her in.
However, because I couldn’t see the very end of the new TOC (Nicky cut off the preview too soon), there were three names in the original lineup that I was unable to verify the status of.
They’re leaving in droves Nicky. Who’s next?
There is a place in every industry for solid investigative reporting. Rusty is doing a service to the community with his thoughtful examinations of relevant subject matter.
I am appalled by Mr. Pacione’s rampant anti-social and unprofessional behavior toward both industry professionals and young authors.
I never said you don’t have a right to be published. I don’t care if Random House publishes you. What I care about is the woman you attacked, and the child YOU threatened. That’s what I care about.
I’ve never been published by LULU. I’ve been published by small presses. The anthology collections I appear in are published by LULU. My novels are published by royalty paying small presses who use Lightning Source and other printers. My first book is a Teri Woods Publishing product. Teri Woods is now with a very large publisher in the urban market but remains her own imprint. My second, third and fourth are with Blu Phier Publishing. I still owe Teri Woods per contract stipulations two more books. They pay advances, have distributors and set up booksignings not to mention advertise.
Do you do that Nick?
Magus Press does.
However, to reinerate, my beef with you is your threats. How is that helping anything? This war you are trying to start will end up hurting any career you justify having.
That is correct, Eric.
Ahh, we pissed Nicky off so much he started yet another blog: http://npacione.wordpress.com. And he hasn’t turned comments off…
Leave Nickolaus alone already! He’s only trying to make it in this biz and just because he doesn’t have a large publishing house behind him that doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve a chance like everyone else!
I wish I could be half a eloquent with my vocabulary as Mr. Picione.
Honestly, I had to laugh when I read the title of that particular blog! I really like Mr. Picione’s ability to keep me laughing and brighten my day. After reading his blogs I know that no matter how mad I am at the world there is always someone who is madder!
When I feel like someone is screwing me over I just read his blog and I know that my problems are pretty miniscule compared to the hell he must put himself through each and every day.
When I think I’m expressing myself in a crude manner I just read any of his blogs and realize that my comments are pretty tame by comparison.
His blogs would be at the top of my reading list if it weren’t for the hurtful ranting he does about people that are too good to even reply. I suppose that is what a person does when they are eaten up with jealousy.
Mr. Pacione stalked my daughter and attempted to terrorize her. I consider that unforgivable.
Mr. Pacione has made many attempts to destroy my career with lies and baseless accusations.
Mr. Pacione posted my unlisted phone number and my address which he got from the HWA directory in 04.
Mr. Pacione contacted my publisher, my editor, my agent, and Fictionwise, one of my primary distributors, in an effort to get my contracts voided.
Mr. Pacione’s mother contacted me by phone and email and IM to coax, cajole, and threaten me into giving her people’s real names, phone numbers, and addresses.
Mr. Pacione posted hateful reviews of my books on Amazon.com in which he railed against my sexual orientation and told me to “burn in hell.”
And then he wonders why I oppose his criminal activities.
I never even got the phone number from the HWA directory — that is a lie right there. I made one a few smart ass remarks when Janrae Frank’s daughter was her son. I never e-mailed Fictionwise to void all your contracts. You tried to get me railroaded from a couple magazines if I remember right Janrae, you bragged about reviewing a stolen copy of Tabloid Purposes One. You posted hateful reviews of my short story collection and to an anthology I legitimately got published in.
Hey, Nicky, you started it and you kept it up. I did not review a pirated copy of anything.
My number was never public.
You posted the review telling me to burn in hell before I ever got on your case.
I told you on gothic.net to get a copy of Strunk and White. Then you stalked me for six months that I was not aware of until much later when you joined HWA on June 17th of 04 and informed me on the boards about the FAndom Writer.
I never did anything to you and my daughter was never a boy. You keep hallucinating that one.
I never got you railroaded out of anything and I always give honest reviews.
It is not my fault that you can’t write your way out of a used condom.
I would like to point out, now that I’m feeling a bit calmer, that the entire fight with Nicky where he just shows up out of the blue and initiates the quarrel is archived on my journalscape for the year 04 and is available to the public if they wish to check the facts out.
http://www.journalscape.com/cussedness/
There you will see that I did not pirate anything. There you will see my very reasonable and articulate reviews. There you will see the truth.
You, the rusty nail, and the mods of the other dark place can all burn in hell. You railroaded Reality Check, let people buy the book and draw their own conclusions on the stories. You’re cheating me out of readers.
No one is cheating you out of readers, Nicky.
You are cheating yourself out of readers by not bothering to learn your craft.
If you ever managed to write a good story I would be among the first to admit you had achieved something.
I have it in me to appreciate the work of even those writers who I personally dislike.
I guess that makes me a larger person than you are.
However, you cannot write well and yet you expect to be given a special exemption to not receive honest reviews. That’s very unprofessional of you. Every writer gets bad reviews. Even Stephen King. But you don’t hear him moaning about it.
Thought I should chime in, since I was the first person, as far as I know, to mention Nick’s hypergraphia. Although I feel pity for the poor, brain-damaged boy, it still gives me a guilty pleasure to watch him spaz out every time someone calls him on one of his confabulations or bigoted remarks or the just plain stupid things he says. Ya’ll ever notice he never actually addresses anything anyone says, just accuses them of e-piracy, throws out one of his template bigotries or cusses like the two-year-old he mentally is? Sad, isn’t he?
Well isn’t it the left wing conspiracy — Otter piss off.
Offhand, Otter, I’d say he just proved you right.
He did.
I love it when he does that. Thanks, Nick.
Well, given Nick’s very “astute” use of the First Amendment, I fully expect him to appreciate and respect the additional rights granted to us by the very same Amendment. Like, for instance, the freedom to peaceably assemble. While harsh and heated words have been exchanged, violence has befallen no one in this squabble, and what is it, really, if not a protest. We are protesting Nick’s anthology scams; we are protesting his bigotry; we are protesting his violent outbursts; we are protesting the mistreatment of his contributing authors; we are protesting Nick’s ignorance! We are no more violating your first amendment rights than the NAACP when they assembled against Don Imus for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team ‘nappy-headed ho’s’. These are the rights granted to us by the same amendment you’ve been waving around for the last couple of years. You are a nasty, unthinking individual who has actually managed to convince himself that calling people ‘faggots’ and ‘wetbacks’ is just part of the conservative dialect. And for that we assemble. You launder the truth so as to lure unsuspecting, young, amatuer authors into your web of deceit. We assemble to protect those who will become your unfortunate victims and the various small press mags/books who will cease operation because your taint will have destroyed their credibility. But most importantly, we assemble to remove the cancer you bring to an already suffering genre. Self-publishing is your right. However, having others pay for and publish your work is a privilege. A privilege you are incapable of earning. But keep trying to convince yourself and other that it is merely establishment politics. As long as your seat at the kiddy table remains firmly nailed to the floor, you can think whatever you like.
Peace out, yo!
Glad to see you Shadowtron. Welcome aboard.
That was magnificent, Shadowtron. I’m glad to see you here.
Just some drive-by advice for you, Nick:
For a PROFESSIONAL WRITER, you sure do have a shitty grasp on the English language. Start by learning to put a goddamn space between “a” and “lot.”