Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If you feel that "funny threat" really is part of what you want to include, make it completely outrageous. "If you charge money for this without clearing it with the author, green-skinned tentacled aliens from Beta Eridani will send the orbital mind-control lasers to infect your third-grade teacher with wizard pox and EVERYONE WILL KNOW IT'S YOUR FAULT."
Vague but actually physically possible threats are a really, really bad idea.
|
Yeah, fair point. "All rights reserved" would probably cover anything that needs covering anyway, so I'll probably cut it off at that point.
I think something trippy-hippy like that would actually count against me a lot more with my target readers than threats of violence.
Besides, if aliens did invade soon after it was published I would only get the blame for it.