Smile, asshole!
Inspired by the excellent photo that showed up after Carl Elliott’s Asheville reading, the White Coat, Black Hat website is happy to announce its first contest.  Readers are invited to send us their most creative and insulting images of Carl Elliott and/or his book, White Coat, Black Hat. Whether you find an interesting new placement for the book, or do a photoshop job on his cheesy promo pics, show Carl what you really think of him and his half-assed collection of stolen ideas.
Send your submissions to info@whitecoatblackhat.com. Deadline is November 30. No constraints; any image is ok with me. Hell, if you want to shove that book down a woodchipper and put it on youtube, that qualifies too.
Favorites will be posted on the website. And the prize? Well, you could opt for a free copy of that piece of shit book, or much better, you can have your choice of any of the alternatives I’ve suggested for the same price (well, any except the Ambien).  If you choose a horse head mask over Carl’s book, then so much the better.
Photo Contest
“Hey, everybody, check out my Atlantic article. It’s in the Atlantic, did you hear? I got an article in the Atlantic. It’s a chapter from my book. Did you know I wrote a book? Go to Amazon and buy my book. Or Chapters. It’s there too! Oh, yeah, and did you know I write for the Atlantic? I should put my Atlantic article on my website!”
OK, fine, I’ll post the goddamn link again. Happy?
Ghostwriters. Yeah, I feel their pain. I’d hate to spend my days writing just to see some tenured fucker at a university get all the glory. Hey wait . . . .
Ghostwriting
An appropriate placement for Carl Elliott's book
Our first user submission! A truly appropriate placement of Carl Elliott’s White Coat, Black Hat on the bookstore shelves.   If you have any more creative uses for Carl’s book, send them to info@whitecoatblackhat.com, and see them posted here.
Photo Contest
Sorry for our brief shutdown last night. Our server crashed under the weight of all the traffic from angry Canadians, furious over rumours of Carl Elliott’s disrespecting Canada. Carl has cancelled his remaining Canadian dates, claiming he has the “flu” (Walk it off, crybaby!).
Meanwhile, a movement is afoot to have a public burning of White Coat, Black Hat in front of the parliament buildings in Ottawa. Except for one problem: YOU CAN’T GET IT IN THE BOOKSTORES THERE. Seriously, check the Chapters website and see how many copies are in the stores.
So instead, Canadians will have to vent their anger by checking out copies from their local public library, burning them and reporting them lost.
Canada, Interviews
"Dude, you have no White Coat, Black Hat"
Another way to make things interesting at Carl Elliott’s Nov. 8 event at Malaprop’s in Asheville, NC:Â Take a page from Jacob Isom’s book:Â “Dude, you have no White Coat, Black Hat“.
Dr. Elliott is right-handed.
Making it Interesting, Self-promotion
