Rose DesRochers to me
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From: Rose DesRochers <admin@todays-woman.net> Mailed-By: todays-woman.net

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Date: Apr 10, 2006 8:55 AM
Subject: FW: WritersWorld
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From: Duncan Bamford [mailto:info@insightillustration.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:59 AM
To: staff@todays-woman.net
Subject: WritersWorld

Submitted: July 18, 2005, 10:59 am
I.P: 212.84.99.25
Sender's Name: Duncan Bamford
Sender's Email: info@insightillustration.co.uk
Comment/Request/Message:
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Dear Rose DesRochers, I am an Illustrator and Cover Designer. Like you, I am also unpaid for work I have done for Writersworld and Graham Cook. Graham has since offered to pay me what he owed me upfront (I have withheld the work done to date), I insisted if he paid 'me' upfront that I would like to know who had edited the books that I had worked on so that I could check that 'they' were also to be paid, this was unacceptable to him. I am now sitting (not literaly) on £800 of book covers that I can't use. I know exactly how you must feel! All the contractors (editors, cover designers, account manager etc) are in the same boat. I don't think we should be squabbling about who told who what. I would particularly like to address the 'charge' against the Writersworld account manager. In my opinion she did all she could to get us (the contractors) our money and to get paid herself. She had no control over the money matters and was as taken in as we all were by Grahams constant promises and supposed good intentions. Also Graham has been shown to be unpredictable, intimidating and made threats to different contractors and even authors - surely you can see that there is a real fear of reprisals. It is very easy to criticise when you're a long way from the situation. I feel it was an honest mistake that she failed to inform you of her withdrawl from the company, I was told immediately as where all the editors and other illustrators who then followed suit in withdrawing from the operations of the company and informing all the authors. Our e-mail accounts where subsequently suspended as soon as Graham new what was happening. I would like to see her name removed from your 'warning' list ASAP. I sincerely hope you will agree with me. If I can be of any help or give you any information (Graham doesn't intimidate me) don't hesitate to get in touch. Best wishes and good luck. Duncan Bamford Insight Illustration Ltd 44(0)1654 703969 I would prefer it if you didn't publish all this l

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