meara, as I understand it, it's typical practice with mortgages that you have to specifically direct them to put any additional money towards the principal.
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
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brenda m - Dec 07, 2010 10:33:11 am PST #9463 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jesse - Dec 07, 2010 10:34:05 am PST #9464 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do feel like I've been dicked around, for no good reason.
Ugh. I imagine it's more a case of them not paying attention to something that isn't a problem at this exact moment, though, right?
Does this sound like the kind of quote you'd be happy to get if you wrote this book?
Yes.
Amy - Dec 07, 2010 10:36:00 am PST #9465 of 30001
Because books.
Thanks, Jesse.
Zenkitty - Dec 07, 2010 10:37:39 am PST #9466 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
meara, as I understand it, it's typical practice with mortgages that you have to specifically direct them to put any additional money towards the principal.
I've found this to be true. My bank will "credit" anything extra I pay towards future payments unless I specifically tell them it's to be put on the principle.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2010 10:42:16 am PST #9467 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My Tom Hardy whoa! for the day. At least I'm assuming I'm done for the day.
EpicTangent - Dec 07, 2010 10:42:36 am PST #9468 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
meara, as I understand it, it's typical practice with mortgages that you have to specifically direct them to put any additional money towards the principal.
I've found this to be true. My bank will "credit" anything extra I pay towards future payments unless I specifically tell them it's to be put on the principle.
I can't even pay anything except the exact amount online. If I want to put a little extra or make an extra payment or whatever, I have to call the Real Estate Dept at the bank.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2010 10:48:44 am PST #9469 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2010 10:51:44 am PST #9470 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I can vouch that the onus of marketing has fallen to the author. You're expected to organize that shit and sell the hell out of your book and market it any way you can.
I did get one publisher to cover my travel expenses to Chicago to promote Lost in the Grooves, but otherwise the most I've gotten are some postcards to promote the book.
Fortunately, Kim's a genius at that shit so the first two books had lots of marketing oomph. And the 33 book is part of a series and had a built in fan base so it just sort of continues to sell as people discover it or figure out that it's a good size for a xmas stocking.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2010 10:51:58 am PST #9471 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ION, serious weather!
(That's a photograph, not a painting or a digitally mocked up image. Montana.)
meara - Dec 07, 2010 11:00:07 am PST #9472 of 30001
Dude, I'm fine if they put the money toward a future payment--as long as they don't mark all of it for escrow!