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Comment by Relentless Aaron on August 10, 2008 at 1:57pm

Dearest Ella,

I'm flattered, really to know that you are so familiar with the "everywhere" I go. And I'm evermore excited that you feel I "over do it" (in your eyes). It is my great accomplishment to confront you and your bougie, stuck-up, Jack-and-Jill worldviews. And now that you've clearly taken sides (expected), it's perfect timing for all the world to see. a person like you needs to be exposed for the hate, and aired-out for the unfriendly and separatist positions you take in life. People like you are the very reason a person like Obama hasn't gotten the landslide decision he is working harder to own. One he will inevitably own. A person like you is finally exposed (for all the world to see) thanks to your email, Miss Ella Curry from EDC-creations, creator of the SLS Bookclub Site. Hee-hee, now you too can be popular.

See, in this web world, we really don't get a grip of who people are until they expose themselves. So now it's clear that you are the gate-keeper with the power of discretion (woo-woo for you). Because we contribute to a few dozen social sites, and because yours is such a microcosm of the small world we know as black lit. Thank you, indeed for showing your face. I'm also flattered that you know about my posts, pics, vids, because NO, I had no clue that you didn't "accept' what we've been sending. Your little social space has pretty much the same pics, vids and contributions from other authors, so what I sent was no different (except that I might upload ten times more accomplishment). But you and your "acceptance" MUST BE ADDRESED! Oh JOY!
"quality literature?"
"POSITIVE information?"
"tacky BS?"
Baby, you were a "hater" before you knew me. Even without reading a chapter of any of my books, you were a hater. Hell, the few dozen members of your mico-social site need to know your M.O. and the worst that can happen if they misstep.

Yes, now that I know more about the NBCC event and that it was meant to be "elegant," I agree that I might've come dressed for a cotillion and that I might've called someone (if I knew who that was) in advance. And yes, considering the event, I wouldn't have quite "over done it" (contrary to what you think). I wouldn't have brought my laptop, my books, and (maybe) not my camera. Maybe. But a saditty like you might not care about all of that. You're the type that has already pre-judged me and who's views are trifling enough so as to create a barrier between classes, between generations, and between geographical worldviews. YES! Geo-graphics! Where I come from, what I did, how I did it (considering the slight information I had to go on) would be perfectly acceptable. Where I come from, you must seize the moment, even if it looks odd or out of place. Most times, Miss Polyanna, what I do has never been done before, so I don't get into questioning ethics, etiquette or what does or doesn't look tacky. I just try and stay legal. Curtis telling me to "make myself at home" and to "enjoy" indeed made my appearance "legal" since hotel security asked me if I was "with the event." But that's SO beside the point here. And since you know me so well, you should know that selling books is not what I do. I create relationships so that people know who I am (as a man), and the books come later. I can say that now, after reaching the globe AND BEING ACCEPTED BY THE MASSES for who I am and how I do what I do. The books are merely the vehicle to show others what's going on upstairs; and Sweetplum those others are behind me and what I do 100%. Their behind me, they support me, and they'd snicker at someone like you and your snobbish way of life.

I can hear your thoughts now: "Relentless, you don't live the way I do, you don't write the sort of books I like, and you do things different than me and my friends, therefore I don't like you. Go the other way."

Baby, YOU are the whining a** who is out of place in my world. My question is, who the hell are you? WHO KNOWS YOU? How are YOU relevant in the world. Who is listening to, reading, watching and supporting you? What is YOUR resume' in life for you to be so judgemental, and a "gate-keeper" besides? You need to sit down and shut up and let a mover make his moves. Let a man make his mistakes and learn from them.

Most everything else in your letter COMES SECOND to the idea that I didn't have a lick of info about this event, showing up was just coincidental--not planned, and I had to play it by ear according to my experience. It was Curtis who green-lighted me. And if he was familiar with how I like to get down, he should've known what to expect. And if not, he should have at least confronted me like a man. That's what real men do. That's respect in my world. If he woulda tried that "s***" in the hood, his a** would be the outcast. Never mind that I'm the outcast or the blacksheep everyday, and that I sometimes have limits, marketing everywhere I go, because that's how I got where I am today. That's what's necessary to achieve in this day and age. And too WHO MADE YOU THE BOSS OF ME? WHO MADE YOU THE JUDGE AND THE LAW AS TO WHERE, HOW AND WHEN A PERSSON CAN MARKET? If my face was so recognizable that wearing a Relentless hat was unnecessary and enough to draw crowds and fans like a magnet, would that be wrong in your eyes? Or is it because I put forth that added effort to let people know who I am? Is that what ticks you off? Really, Ella. Are you jealous? You can tell us.

Everything else, from the sideways look that you live with, to the calling of the police, to the idea of an arresting pure capitalism (who BTW was noted in TIME Magazine for being one of the greatest marketeers on the planet) speaks directly to your hate, his hate, and the underlying theme of the event. And anybody who agrees with you might as well join your haters club.

I think you're forgetting, or your just not clear about life boo boo. Different strokes for different folks. Try to shout out and big-up Vickie Stringer all you want, she would back me on this. Your subjective opinions about what is and isn't "quality literature", "POSITIVE information" or "tacky BS" CLEARLY IDENTIFIES AND DEFINES YOU for all that you are. You need some sensitivity training, specifically in the "Live & Let Live" lifestyle. Because, I don't care if you attend church, hobnob with the bourgiest of bourgies, or attend society book club/tea functions every Saturday night, if you can't come correct and school your brother or sister about how to better fit-in or adapt, then you're just as much a part of the problem and a hypocrite, besides.

For the record, the ballroom (the bigger one) downstairs, with all the church folk, all dressed up in their Sunday best, reached out to invite me into their elegant event when I was asked to leave yours. They had pre-registration too. Their's was planned months in advance too. No, I wouldn't have set up my bookstand, but I was just thinking about the contrast and how their sense of salvation that morning was more righteous than yours is every waking day of your life. Check YO'self. Miss Ella Curry from EDC-creations. See? Now you can say ARE somebody! You chopped it up with Relentless Aaron! Yaaay Ella!

Oh, and for the record:
Class and protocol I keep with when it's called for.

The media and many literary groups are down on Urban Lit, (if that's even true) in YOUR opinion. But that is because of the hate factor I mentioned earlier, and people who are unwilling to understand varying sectors of our people. We are not all the same, whether you like it or not.

Again, in YOUR opinion "Hustling is NOT acceptable unless you are on a street corner, not a ball room." I know street corners where there's gunfire, and where books cannot be hustled. I also know ballrooms where "hustling" books is indeed acceptable. Get your head out the sand, boo boo.

I'm never ashamed to share (what you call) my madness with the public, because it's relevant and marketable and widely accepted. And, I no longer have to set up shop every where I go. I made it, Ella! If I died tomorrow, I hit the BIG TIME, and I did it MY WAY! Praise the Lord!

Oh, and I still love ya! Hater that you are

Comment by Relentless Aaron on August 10, 2008 at 1:56pm

Letter from Miss Ella Curry from EDC-creations, creator of the SLS Bookclub Site:

Relentless, don't ever email me with this kind of madness again. I am deleting this from my social networks and banning you from the groups. You go just too damn far! Every where you go you over do it. You have been a member in my groups a few months and have already tried to post 28 videos and 36 pictures! Haven't you realized by now I haven't approve half that stuff?! You used that same sense over over-achievement at the NBCC and that's why they threw you out!

My groups are created to share POSITIVE information with the readers. All of my networks are to expose readers to quality literature, not tacky BS from a whining a** author who was out of place!


HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND AND MANNERS!
Relentless, I hate to be the one to say it but you were WRONG AS HELL from start to finish. You have the nerve to come here and seek agreement, you are the coward! You DO NOT walk into a event and take over. Curtis was trying to be professional by not having you thrown out immediately. However, your own trifling actions brought all of that embarrassment on you! The real coward is the person who wrote this article in a social network instead of emailing Mr. Curtis Bunn!

You are the very reason event planners have security. They should have called the police 15 minutes after you arrived un-invited and un-registered. Your madness was not fair to the rest of the people who were invited, paid to be there, and have manners! No one needed to speak to YOU except the police. You should have known better than to try to take over an event you weren't invited too!

Relentless just because you are a bestselling author does not give you the right to BARGE in on a PAID event and set up camp! I am sorry that was just tacky and unprofessional. The people at that event paid months ahead of time to be at that event. The vendors paid to set up shop for this event. The speakers were invited months ago. You did not pay before the deadlines, no one invited you, and then you totally showed your a** by trying to sell some books too. You should be ashamed to even share your madness with the public.


How did you even think it was okay to break out an camera and start doing interviews? You not only disrespected Curtis Bunn but you disrespected all the guests! You are correct in your very last sentence, YOU DID NOT BELONG THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. This event was established months ago and you should have taken the proper step to be a part of the event.

Relentless get a grip! You are a bestselling author. Act like it. Show some class and follow protocol. See, that is why people don't want to be bothered with Street Lit writers now, people like you give the entire genre a bad name.

The kind of stunt you pulled, at that elegant convention, is street s***! This was a well planned, glamorous literary event---RESPECT that and admit you can't just set up shop every where you go. Urban Lit and Street Lit writers are fighting to produce quality material and strong brands. Every day they are trying to create a positive image for their genre. The media and many literary groups are down on Urban Lit, folks like you are part of the problem. Check yourself Relentless, you can not have your way all the time and that's just damn life! Let Vickie fight her own fights, that is just pure hearsay and it not your business to even spread. Vickie is a spectacular business woman, she will prevail no matter what anyone says!

If you had paid your fees to attend the event and purchased a table, like all the other authors and vendors, you would have been welcomed for sure. This entire post shows how far you need to go in learning the TRUE game of book promotions. Hustling is NOT acceptable unless you are on a street corner, not a ball room.
Ella Curry
The SLS Bookclub Site Owner