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Worldwalker · 03-12-2011, 08:50 PM

I'm with Harry. Humor doesn't come across well in text. If you're going to say something like that, it has to be so over-the-top that nobody would expect it -- I once saw "the leather-winged demon of the night will eat your liver". But the way it is, instead of coming across as "the author is funny" (something I know because I know you here on MR) it comes across as "the author is a jerk, and maybe a bit scary". That's not good marketing.

I'd go with Catlady's version. People are going to know you don't want them to profit from it. Just saying "hey, I wrote this thing, so if anyone makes a buck off it, that should be me" in some more formal way is good enough.

03-12-2011, 08:50 PM	#6
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	I'm with Harry. Humor doesn't come across well in text. If you're going to say something like that, it has to be so over-the-top that nobody would expect it -- I once saw "the leather-winged demon of the night will eat your liver". But the way it is, instead of coming across as "the author is funny" (something I know because I know you here on MR) it comes across as "the author is a jerk, and maybe a bit scary". That's not good marketing. I'd go with Catlady's version. People are going to know you don't want them to profit from it. Just saying "hey, I wrote this thing, so if anyone makes a buck off it, that should be me" in some more formal way is good enough.