Stephen Zimmerman
@PastorSZ
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Pastor, father of 5, married to @LeannaRapier , OEF Veteran. Author of mystery/thrillers “The Missing” and “The Holiday Killer.” Available wherever 📚 are sold.
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Oh, so more insult to injury with my former publisher GPG going vanity press this Spring, and breaching my contract and that of their 20+ other authors…
I just discovered they had been skimming 34% of my royalties for nearly the last 2 years.
#WritingCommunity
I’ve been silent for the last 2 months, hoping this would be resolved professionally. It has not, so I am forced into the regrettable position of making a statement. Due to circumstances outside of my control, my novels are temporarily out of print.
#WritingCommunity
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I’ve been silent for the last 2 months, hoping this would be resolved professionally. It has not, so I am forced into the regrettable position of making a statement. Due to circumstances outside of my control, my novels are temporarily out of print.
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@WomenPostingLs
Terrible take. Not an L.
It’s sadly not uncommon for authors to schedule events and no one show up.
@neilhimself
has stated that even as a famous author it’s happened to him.
Dunking on someone’s lack of success through no fault of their own is an L for you dude.
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@TiagoResendex2
No one saying y’all does so to sound hip or cool. It’s literally just southern vernacular.
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Authors, whatchu doing if the only adaptation someone wants to make of your book is a Muppets adaptation? 🫣🤔😅
#writingcommunity
#writerslife
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@RichardERoeper
@BretBaier
I’m amazed they didn’t work in a 15min intermission like the old days
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A little Aurora Borealis here in
#Tucson
(ok actually Picture Rocks, AZ)
#Auroraborealis
#NorthernLights
#iPhone
#azwx
@NWSTucson
@whatsuptucson
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My fabulous
#writingcommunity
, I need 3 more followers to hit 1500.
So let’s do a
#writerslift
for this
#ShamelessSelfpromoWednesday
I like
#art
,
#books
,
#poetry
- pets! So show me what you got. I’ll like & retweet my favorites, and of course always follow back writers!
📚✍️🎨
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Hey
#booktwitter
#WritingCommunity
I'm 37 followers away from the big 1000 milestone 🥳
Let's do a
#writerslift
on this
#ShamelessSelfpromoMonday
!
You follow me. I follow you. Easy peasy.
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#amwriting
#writerslife
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Hey fellow
#writers
,
#authors
and
#bloggers
in the
#WritingCommunity
!
I'm at 556 followers and looking to get over the 600 mark. Anyone up for a
#writerslift
?
👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼
Post your
#wip
,
#amwriting
#books
work below. Like and follow!
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That being said, for the next few weeks, if anyone wants a copy of my books, I do have a few copies on hand of The Missing and The Holiday Killer. Just DM me and I’ll be happy to get you a copy.
And I’d appreciate y’all’s best wishes as I self publish soon.
#WritingCommunity
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Big NEWS‼
I'm going to be published 🙌🙌
I am super excited to announce that my debut mystery/crime novel "The Missing" has been selected for publication by
@GlobalPublishG
More news to follow! 😁
#WritingCommunity
#amwriting
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@jbharrisbooks
I am trad published and did not have an agent. I asked for 10 days to consider the offer. I went over the contract with a fine tooth comb, decided it was a very fair contract, and went for it. A year later I’m still happy.
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Through communication with my fellow authors, we discovered that the initial action of severing our contracts was in fact a breach of contract by GPG.
The contract states “after 3 years, but not before.” Neither of my 2 books have been out for 3 years.
#WritingCommunity
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I was advised at this point to speak to a literary attorney. I did. He confirmed the breach of contract and advised me to file a small claims court suit, if nothing else than to get a court judgment that my contract was indeed rendered null and void.
#WritingCommunity
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@Autisticosaurus
@RichardERoeper
@BretBaier
That was my thought. More concession sales, and less frustration of people getting up during the movie or having to miss.
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As disappointing and unexpected as this was, I was prepared to make the best of it. GPG had promised to let us have the edited manuscript files and book cover artwork as a parting gift. My plan was to simply use the 2 month notice to self-publish.
#WritingCommunity
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I sent an email, politely thanking them for our past relationship, and kindly requesting the promised files so I could prepare for self-publishing.
10 days passed with no response. I sent a polite nudge. Still no response.
#WritingCommunity
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Yesterday, one of my fellow GPG authors finally got a response, but only after threatening legal action.
GPG replied defensively - essentially telling us to “lose the attitude.”
They also said our books would come down from Amazon within 72hrs.
#WritingCommunity
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In doing so, they severed all contracts and gave us the choice of either finding our own way forward with a new publisher/self-publishing — or PAYING them to “republish” our books to keep them in print. We were given til March 1st to decide.
#WritingCommunity
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At least they’ve finally kept 1 promise: as of this morning my books are no longer available through Amazon or any other marketplace.
Since my final royalty payment is promised for March 15th, I’m still hopeful GPG will come thru by then 🙏🏻
#WritingCommunity
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So I sent a 3rd email, again requesting the edited manuscript and cover art files.
A month passed without a reply. It was now Feb. 15, and 2023Q4 royalties were due. Without explanation, they were not paid, despite promises to do so.
#WritingCommunity
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any retweets on this thread would be super helpful 🙏🏻🙏🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
@BookSpotlight
@MorganShamy
@RebeccaFKenney1
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On Jan 15, GPG sent out a 2nd mass email to its authors, repeating the same info, telling us to not reply to the 1st email but to send a new email if we had questions - oh, and telling us they didn’t “have the luxury of time right now to address every email.”
#WritingCommunity
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The next day my uncle was murdered in his home.
I honestly didn’t think about my publishing woes for the next 2 weeks. However, the March 1 deadline was fast approaching, so I sent another email on Feb 28.
Still no response.
#WritingCommunity
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March 1st arrived and still there had been no communication from GPG. Additionally, my books were still active on Amazon and other marketplaces — which meant I couldn’t republish them and any continued sales lined GPG’s pockets.
#WritingCommunity
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I reached out to several other GPG authors like
@mccaulleyauthor
to see if they’d fared any better than me. Their experiences were identical. Shock, frustration - and no response from GPG. They also hadn’t been paid royalties.
#WritingCommunity
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I reached out to
@amazon
. The news was bleak.
Amazon insists they can do nothing and I have to 1st resolve the “dispute” between my publisher. They also backhandedly blamed this on my choice to traditionally publish in the first place.
#WritingCommunity
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On Jan 1 of this year (Happy New Year!) my publisher, Global Publishing Group LLC (GPG), sent its 23 authors an email stating they are “restructuring.” Essentially they have switched from being a traditional publisher to a “publish-for-hire corporation.”
#WritingCommunity
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By now, I was ready to be done with my publisher and was willing to let the breach of contract slide, but without communication and with unpaid royalties, I was stuck in limbo.
#WritingCommunity
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Wowwww! Picture Rocks, AZ
@mattbrode
@whatsuptucson
@NWSTucson
#azwx
#Tucson
#Auroraborealis
#NorthernLights
#Aurora
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@rawsalerts
Choose better words: “rams” conjures images of intentional malice. Driver stayed on the scene and is cooperative, indicating it was likely accidental
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@Ned_Donovan
Is this one of those things where you write a tweet using the middle predictive text button?
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Intense downpour and TONS of 1/4” hail in
#Tucson
#azwx
#Monsoon2018
@NWSTucson
@spann
@JaniceYuNews
@ReedTimmerAccu
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Severe thunderstorm rolling through Tucson
@spann
@_MelissaEgan
@kgun9
@KOLDNews
@NWSTucson
#azwx
#monsoon
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@CNN
Honest question: what would a state firearm seller license do that a Federal Firearm License doesn’t already do.
And this bullet point makes it sound like Florida gun sellers are completely unregulated and unlicensed which is untrue. They have a Federal License.
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@katieemorann
The music probably. So many genres peaked in the late 90’s and then fell off in the 2000’s
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@AwestinAirDodge
@RepStevenSmith
Go to “police activity” or “live leak police” on YouTube. They post hundreds of officer involved shootings. Most never make news because the cops were justified. The media just like to amplify the questionable ones and make it seem like that’s the norm. It’s not
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@BrianDietzen
It's possible to be Republican and not a Trumpster. I was
#NeverTrump
before it was trendy. Principles over politics or party
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@brendonme
@SkipTalbot
suggested not long ago that all tornadoes are multivortex and an example of fractal geometry. Reed’s shot just shows it more clearly than most.
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@disntr
Gets asked a Bible question. Immediate answer is, “Well, my personal opinion is…”
His response highlights a huge problem among so many Christians: their personal opinions/experiences are their authority not the Bible — to the point this man calls “good” what the Bible calls sin.
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@NBCSAuthentic
@MontePooleNBCS
@MontePooleNBCS
Your rhetoric is ugly and your contempt palpitable. I don’t know how the sentence “...offering up an explanation that slid off his tongue and went dribbling down his chest like liquid contradiction,” made it past the editor’s desk.
#IStandWithSam
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@jodyjsperling
If they praised it as well-written fiction, then 🤷♂️ I like to think my book has mass appeal.
If for some reason they were misrepresenting my book to have some hidden meaning that aligned with their hate, then I’d put out a statement of denunciation.
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Rain over
#Tucson
shot from Mt. Lemmon.
#azwx
#Monsoon
#Monsoon2022
#MtLemmon
@spann
@acarrillonews
@ErinSaidItWould
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@THEBELLIOUS
well typically this page is known for calling out self-inflicted L’s. Sure, this event didn’t work out for her, and I guess you could classify this an an L, but it’s very off-brand for this page and seems mean and petty 🤷♂️
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@xan_desanctis
I was a freshman at college. No early class that day so slept in.
Walked in the bookstore to see students & staff huddled around a small tv. Watched the 2nd plane hit live.
Me & another guy ran outside to the flagpole and lowered the flag. I left college and joined the AirForce.
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@StephenGutowski
Annoys me when news shows talk about 3D printed guns but their media graphic is a regularly manufactured handgun.
Sends the impression to the viewer that it’s possible to 3D print a handgun that looks like a 1911 instead of that Liberator monstrosity.
Clearly intended to deceive.
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This is the greatest thrill to me as an author - not the sales, but individuals who found a moment of happiness in my stories 😍
#authors
#writingcommunity
#booktwt
#amwriting
#BookRecommendations
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@afrofatalism
ChatGPT: “The passage you provided seems to be a complex and somewhat abstract discussion…”
ChatGPT being very gracious here 🤨
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I’m published again in
@DoorIsAJarMag
Winter edition! So of course I had it run down and take a pic in Barnes&Noble
#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity
#writersoftwitter
#writerslife
@BNBuzz
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Very unique low, wide rainbow looking east towards
#Tucson
from Picture Rock, AZ
#azwx
@NWSTucson
@spann
@whatsuptucson
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Have you picked up your copy of "The Missing"? It's an unputdownable mystery/crime/thriller by yours truly!
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#WritingCommunity
#amwriting
#bookreviews
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@TheSweetTeaMama
I did a ton of research on pens and decided on this one: 0.7 Sharpie S-Gel. I’ve been very please. No bleed, smooth flow.
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Today is LAUNCH DAY‼‼
My debut novel "THE MISSING" is available today in print through Amazon (Barnes & Noble coming soon) and on ebook on Kindle, Nook, Apple Books, Smashwords, etc.
#WritingCommunity
#amwriting
#BookTwitter
#bookstagram
@GlobalPublishG
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@brandondarby
Sunflower seeds and jolly ranchers are your friend. Toothpicks too. These 3 simple items and of course Jesus set me free 12 years ago
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Jennifer Hudson is the best vocalist alive, and maybe of recording history.
#JenniferHudson
@IAMJHUD
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@EmmaMAshford
Two things here: the war has been going on too long
And JWL got too light of a sentence - read: he should’ve never got out.
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@WTBWrites
@SJGibbs14
There’s something for everyone on my author website:
🕵️♂️ My 5⭐️ reviewed mystery/crime/thriller “The Missing,” 🕵️♂️
🔪 A sneak peek at book 2 “The Holiday Killer,” 🔪
🩸My true crime blog, 🩸
✍️ And poetry!✍️
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@trackertrial2
Seriously? Probably gonna unfollow.
Drop the info. And if it’s good, people will follow and you’ll grow. But don’t hold info hostage. It makes you clickbaity.
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I’ll never get tired of having readers come up to me and say “I’ve got your book, I can’t wait to read it.” 🥰
#WritingCommunity
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News!
While all the mess with my last publisher isn’t what I wanted at all, I’m glad to be moving forward. Stand by for more news and a new book cover reveal!
#WritingCommunity
#amwriting
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with our first author!
Stephen Zimmerman is a multi-published, veteran author of suspense thrillers.
We will be assisting Stephen in republishing his popular debut and follow-up novels “THE MISSING.”
#mysterybooks
#thrillerbooks
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A little personal accomplishment...had a student tell me he used a post from my True Crime blog as a reference for a school project 🤓
I'm at least as reliable as Wikipedia! 😂
Glad to be of help Axel!
#writingcommunity
#truecrime
#blogger
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Yay! Another
#poem
accepted for publication! Thank you to the wonderful
@DoorIsAJarMag
🥰
#poetrycommunity
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
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We got a bit of lightning here in Picture Rocks, AZ
@spann
@mattbrode
@NWSTucson
#azwx
#Monsoon2023
#lightning
#wxtwitter
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@SteveDeaceShow
@MattWalshBlog
here's a novel idea: hire a reporter whose political opinion doesn't shape their reporting of the news facts
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@HeatherOPrince
My debut novel “The Missing” is out, and the next book in the series “The Holiday Killer” comes out this year :)
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BOOK NEWS!!
My debut mystery/crime/thriller novel "The Missing" comes out one week from today (Aug10th)!
If you're interested in pre-ordering a Signed copy you can do so at the link below.
#WritingCommunity
#BookRecommendation
#amwriting
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hey so this just happened @ Ina and Thornydale: dozens of cases of water bottles fell off a truck
@KOLDNews
@_MelissaEgan
@whatsuptucson
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@mollycrabapple
@HotlineJosh
I’m just curious: if rail travel became the primary mode of US trans, if this would increase security risk causing DHS to shift TSA to screen rail, thus increasing rail travel time.
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@MattWalshBlog
Fantastic! As the old saying goes: a sheep separated from the flock is lunch for a wolf.
Christians, Let’s Be Honest. Our Excuses For Skipping Church Are Lame.
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Not a great picture but I think I saw a landspout out here in Picture Rocks, AZ
#azwx
#Monsoon2023
@NWSTucson
@whatsuptucson
@mattbrode
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@SonoranAstro
This is why I dumped the Weather Channel years ago. They’re entertainment not a serious weather channel anymore.
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@evanperez
@jaketapper
Kind of sounds like the media has lost its focus and has developed a tunnel vision on Trump - to the detriment of more serious reporting.
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@EricRWeinstein
I can’t go into it here, but based upon my experience in the Air Force, there is a very normal, but highly classified explanation for videos like this.
Also, our intelligence and defense folks have zero qualms about lying to cover up top secret projects and tech.
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Intense
#monsoon
moving through NW
#Tucson
. Frequent C2G lightning and pea size hail.
Wind swirling the rain in every direction!
#azwx
@NWSTucson
@spann
@JaniceYuNews
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@DavidAFrench
@benshapiro
We just started the process. Meeting with our agency for the first time next week.
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It’s always a GREAT day to get an acceptance letter 😍🙌🏻
Excited for my short story to appear this fall in
@DoorIsAJarMag
🎉
#writersoftwitter
#WritingCommunity
#shortstories
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