Can it be a retro post if I just posted it on the 5th? LOL this could be the most reposted post I have.
1. My book has been nominated for X, Y and Z awards!
2. I couldn’t expect you to understand the subtle nuances of my work.
3. The book was just too smart for you.
4. I liked it when you crushed my fellow authors but now you are just being mean.
5. I don’t care if you don’t like me, I am laughing my way all the way to the bank.
6. Just write me if you want a refund.
7. I was a best seller!
8. That is that last time I give you a book to review.
9. Yeah well, I got five stars, hearts, wet thongs from [name your wet thong giving review site]
10. I thought we were friends!
So… what did I miss? Anything to add? Come on you know you wanna play… even you author type folks. This is really all in fun. Most of it has never happened to me. I saw an old post in someone else’s blog from last year and it made me think of the other things I have seen.
no no no it has nothing to do with me posting three reviews later today…
Next up: Top Ten Things Readers Shouldn’t Say to Authors
And Top Ten Ways to Tell You’re a Rabid Fangrrl
Thanks bam you rawk! Angie would be so proud.
Good shit, syb. A post near and dear to my heart.
Remind me to say “I thought we were friends” a few months from now, k?
I love you?
Oh, wait, forgot who we were talking about.
Snicker.
I need coffee. That’s my excuse, what’s yours?
Oh, wait, forgot who I was talking to. Hehehe.
There’s a name for people like you. And no, not that. It used to be a major part of most washing machines. Stil is in some. (That ought to exercise her brain for a while. :D)
LOL
So who do you think’s at fault when it comes to all of these “us vs them” attitudes that rear their ugly heads periodically?
Hmmm, can we play Things People Shouldn’t Say to Authors as well? Cause I’ve gotten some good ones? LOL. I think authors shouldn’t say things like, “I don’t need an editor. My prose is perfect the first time I write it.” Someone should have shared that one with Anne Rice. 🙂
KATE! Read to the end… sheeze I am working on that list right now.
Spinner? Rinse cycle? donna noe bev…
LOL! Sorry, Sybil. Obviously my reading skills are sub-par today.
A-gi-ta-tor, Sybil, agitator.
Beats the dirt out, ya know. ;p
ROFL! I bow down and worship at your metaphorical altar.
So who do you think’s at fault when it comes to all of these “us vs them†attitudes that rear their ugly heads periodically?
Don’t know if this was meant for me or Sybil, but I think they’re pefectly natural. Well, the ugliness probably isn’t but I’m not sure even it can be avoided completely, if you know what I mean. I guess what I’m saying is that there should be a sense of separation between readers and authors once an author gets published and if they don’t recognize that things can get out of hand. Out of perspective. What ever we want to call it. Then toss in the layers of reviewers, fans, academics, editors, and magazine writers and it just gets downright wild.
I’m not sure it’s anyone’s fault. It’s just human nature to take sides. The sides just keep shifting according whatever someone’s priority is at the moment.
Tis up kate.. just in case you didn’t read it *g*. Your email seems to be fucked.
ohhhh bam hon, you are soooooo screwed *g*
Sybil, working on the email thing. I hate not having my mail. Grrrr.
Psst…
There’s a difference between you’re AND your
Love,
Bam
your neighborhood troll
P.S. thanks for the repost. I needed to be reminded. 🙂
LOL I do that allllllllll the time.
oh and fuck you. 😉 off to read bam’s book
“I couldn’t expect you to understand the subtle nuances of my work” looks familiar.
And “My book has been nominated for X, Y and Z awards!” does too.
I think I’ve seen “I couldn’t expect you to understand the subtle nuances of my work” recently as well.
with some faint overtones of “I liked it when you crushed my fellow authors but now you are just being mean.”
And let’s not forget “Yeah well, I got five stars, hearts, wet thongs from [name your wet thong giving review site]”.