1. You use to be so good, what happened?
2. Send me your ARC.
3. You are my bestest friend forever!
4. I have the BEST idea for a book!
5. OMG! The Heroes, sister’s boyfriends brother, soooooo needs a story!
6. Just because you are BFF, CP or RW Chapter buds, your opinion is not valid.
7. I am never buying author X after her ABB.
8. I’ve got 15 arcs to read but would like arc a, b and c.
9. Don’t you see you are just another victim of Avonization!
10. I think you should add a chapter to your finished, published and already selling book so it makes better sense to me.
Hey I said shouldn’t… doesn’t mean we don’t. Far be it from me to only poke fun at others.
Come on you know you wanna play… A note… to post as an anon you do have to put in some form of email addy. That is a spam thing, not even sure it has to be valid. Someone test it.
LOL I have no idea what I’d reply to number 1, and I hope–pray–I never have to find out. But assuming this question is inevitable, I think I’ll start working on my answer immediately, so as to avoid the dazed, ruined look that would no doubt be my first reaction and the series of uhs and ers that would follow.
Sybil, how do you come up with these topics? Such fun.
EC
What’s ABB?
I’m testing the email thing, so if this goes through, that means you can fake an email addy.
Author Behaving Badly….
cool
Oh, I don’t know. Just being the subject of a blog entry would be nice … maybe. *grin*
What were you thinking?
That’s one I don’t ever want to hear! 😉
That’s right, I shouldn’t have to ask for ARCs, they should just send them 😉
I’ll add to the list: Was your editor smoking crack when she worked on your book?
Your cover made me decide not to buy the book.
I’m going to be publishing a book very similar to yours, but the names are different. Oh, and it takes place in a different town. But gee, the plot is amazingly similar otherwise!
I think you plagiarized my book, I have my hero leaning against a doorjamb just like you did. (I know, I know but I actually heard this one, no lie!)
How about, ‘Don’t give up your day job?’
“I have my hero leaning against a doorjamb just like you did.”
:blink blink:
…I wonder how many books plagiarized that person’s sex scenes.
And I want ARCs! Okay, I barely have time to read them, but STILL! *pout* (Is this something that an author should not say to another author?)
I’m being bad here, but …”You have a series about a brotherhood of vampires, you must have ripped off JR Ward.” uh…ok
“I write poetry, would you mind reading it?”
“Have you ever thought of writing a real book?”
And Sybil, lol at #9! Thanks!
Ohh, Burn, Ms. Smith. As I recall, I think I referred only to your series title and not the book itself which while derivative of the overall vampire oevre was not in the least plagaristic of JR Ward. As for the other items, I think I have done them all at one point or another and will continue to err in the future. It’s the nature of blogging alot. At some point, the foot will be in the mouth.
EC I blame the drugs…
LOL ok Alessia I will make a note of that 😉
tina… I think I have a book to use that on *g*
oh you do not angie!!! I do! Sending you an ARC is like sending out for a gimmie good grade.
::thinks::
you suck, but I like you anyway cuz you know… 😉
::makes notes… Was your editor smoking crack when she worked on your book? ::
wow karens I so expected more and better from you *G*
hmmm meljean maybe an author should do that top ten… but I would give it a shot, cuz I am there for you
ohhh kate I forgot: Have you ever thought of writing a real book!! That is a great one. But not really a romance reader to an author but you know… TaraG to one, well if she is a female writer.
LOL I loved number 9! But so think I mispelled it.
LOL jane I think mine just lives there…. good thing I am flexible
I believe the full technical term for #9 is Avonization. 😉 Or at least the full polite technical term.
Jane, I think it’s great just to have a sense of humor about things, which you obviously do. And the post I made on your site regarding that review was written with a smile. I’m someone well familiar with the taste of her own toenails, having put my foot in my mouth one too many times. 🙂 But that said, I didn’t take the series title from JR. LOL. Just had to get that in there.
I don’t mind being told I’ve been Avonized. It got me on the USA Today list. lol. I’ll take Avonization for $1600, Alex.
Why such a long wait between books?
Sybil, I’ve decided you need to sign a written contract before I can send you my next ARC. It’s very tidy and straightforward. Only 56 pages long (single-spaced and double-sided). Something about you only saying nice things and never saying any of these to me or about me…blah, blah, blah. In fact, don’t even bother reading it. Just sign it and send it right back, and I’ll get that ARC out to you.
This is a fab topic, Sybil!
The two that send shudders through me are:
Do you write from personal experience? And they’re not talking about the shopping scenes! I’ve had a lot of people ask me that – is it any of their business? No! I’ve started responding by going all Mae West and wiggling my bosoms and saying, “Of course!” Shuts ’em up quick smart.
And the other – my life has been so interesting and you’re a writer. Why don’t I tell you all about it and you can write it down and I’ll publish it because really, it’s my life and you’re just writing it? My answer? Aaaaaaarrrgggh as I run in the other direction.
Dude! You are so not allowed to complain until you have been beaten bloody for at least one book Anna!
heeeeeeeeeee
[oh look at anna rethink her agreeing to guest *g*]
Helenk, any and all contracts must be ran through my attorny@blog before I can sign them. You may reach her at jane@redwyne.com
bbbbwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
of course I think she checks that… oh never
Hey, I’m game if you are! And if worse comes to worst, I’ll just wiggle my bosoms again. Seems to leave the opposition in disarray.
LOL you do know that romance is generally read by women right? LOL just checking…
::makes notes to get bosoms::
Snort!