Another Threat of a Lawsuit

My email accounts are all currently inoperable. Comcast cannot figure out how to fix the problem. Apple will diagnose my laptop this afternoon. They have designated me a "whistleblower" and are saving all electronic and physical evidence (as is Comcast). This situation has to do with certain other matters, not related to Alyson Books. I am in contact with the ACLU on this other matter.

However, the email below managed to come in. I cannot email myself and get the email back in any of my six accounts. But I did get this email. What a mystery!

As always, I comply when threatened with lawsuits, although I do not know how Here Media could pay a lawyer since they don't pay writers. My advance is more than 5 months late as I write this. No other writer that I know of has been paid either. They have not even paid the writer who recently won a court judgment against them for non-payment.

Scott, your website posting attacking Paul Colichman and Here was brought to my attention this morning. I want this taken down immediately. Either that or our lawyer will be contacting you today. Don

Don Weise l Publisher l Alyson Books
245 W. 17th St., Suite 1200, NY, NY 10011

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I have no greater desire than that Alyson Books publish my book on time and provide appropriate marketing support. Mr. Colichman's pockets appear to be deep. I hope he will be able to re-invest in his company and all concerned can move forward, continuing in the direction set by dedicated professionals, such as Don Weise.

I hope Alyson will be able to make some significant gesture that restores my confidence that they actually intend to, and will, pay royalties in the future. Being late more than five months to pay my petty-cash advance (first half of my advance, actually), has destroyed my confidence in their intention to pay in the future. I cannot, each time I think of my book, be soured by this fear they will not pay me beyond the first half of my advance--assuming they do.

This was not my doing.