Well, they don’t so much shoot horses as much as they administer lethal injection, but I rather doubt the horse would argue about the semantics. The issue is whether the horse is going to survive having, say, broken a leg or something major, and if not – KA-BLAM! Suffering over.
They also cancel TV shows which fail to attract enough viewers. Again, it’s a question of long-term viability.
And so it is with WishTales. WishTales failed to attract enough visitors and sales, so Tom Dell’Aringa, Eddie Pittman and I are amicably going our separate ways. We’ll each be selling our books on our own, as we had before. The WishTales store is shut down and the guys’ remaining books have been sent off to Florida and Chicago.
I’ll be keeping the WishTales name, as I still think it’s a good one, and I’ll be selling my stuff through the new WishTales store. If you haven’t seen it yet – I’ve added some new stuff like Artist Editions of Croaker’s Gorge, and some groovy refrigerator magnets, among other things – do stop by.
Join me in wishing luck to Tom and Eddie.
I for one, am sad…but I think you guys gave it a very good shot. You are individually talented and a great team. And I will support all of you individually as best I can.
Thanks, Tom.
Well… onward!
Pharlap was a great racehorse, but surprisingly, little is known of his later career as top-selling superglue (the apocryphal rumor is that the TV commercials boasted that bookies would place bets on how fast it dried). Few who got the products made of his remains truly appreciate the bonding power of glue made from Pharlap, and just don’t question why those bookshelves have never fallen, or why the toilet seat their wife glued down as a prank cannot be removed even to this day.
I really don’t know where I was going with this analogy…
Maybe in a few years when you guys have built a huge following and have a lot more stuff to sell you can give it another go.
This isn’t gonna stop me from buying my books though!