Author Confronts Book Blogger and Stuff Hits the Fan.

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Bloody hell, her article dragged on...and on...and on...I forced myself to finish it hoping for some big reveal. Nothing!! It wouldn't surprise me if either the whole situation is fake, simply to promote her book, or the "writer" and the "blogger" have planned it all out for the publicity. After all...I've never heard of her until now, has anybody else??
 
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It's an embarrassment for the writer, IMHO. Bloggers can be stupid and cruel (or lovely and thoughtful), but they have every right to post what they think of a book, good or bad. EVERY. RIGHT. Personal attacks on writers? No. Threats? No. But a bad review? Absolutely. Even a snarky, nasty, ugly review. What this writer did was just above and beyond sanity: tracked down the all the blogger's social media accounts. Tracked down her real name and address, AND WENT TO HER HOUSE IN A RENTAL CAR SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN SO SHE COULDN'T BE TRACKED, LOOKED IN HER WINDOWS, SCOPED OUT HER CAR, AND MUSED ON WHAT TYPE OF DOG WAS BARKING AT HER. Does that sound normal or warranted? Then she tracked down the blogger's job and contacted her there. Is that sane? THEN she started with the social media attacks. The woman is insane.

I have zero sympathy for what she did. I do have sympathy for her being hurt by a bad review--I had a Goodreads (I don't even go there at all anymore. I frickin' hate Goodreads, to be honest) group attack me quite viciously, and it stings. But them's the breaks when you put your work out there for people other than your friends and family to read. No matter who you are, there will be someone who will dislike something you've written; there might even be someone who makes it their personal mission to bring you down.

WHATEVER.

Pull up your big girl panties, take what they have to say with a grain of salt (if you read reviews at all), and move on. Or stop publishing (self or otherwise). If all you want is rose parades and a well-kissed tush, you're in the wrong business.
 
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skimom2 said:
It's an embarrassment for the writer, IMHO. Bloggers can be stupid and cruel (or lovely and thoughtful), but they have every right to post what they think of a book, good or bad. EVERY. RIGHT. Personal attacks on writers? No. Threats? No. But a bad review? Absolutely. Even a snarky, nasty, ugly review. What this writer did was just above and beyond sanity: tracked down the all the blogger's social media accounts. Tracked down her real name and address, AND WENT TO HER HOUSE IN A RENTAL CAR SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN SO SHE COULDN'T BE TRACKED, LOOKED IN HER WINDOWS, SCOPED OUT HER CAR, AND MUSED ON WHAT TYPE OF DOG WAS BARKING AT HER. Does that sound normal or warranted? Then she tracked down the blogger's job and contacted her there. Is that sane? THEN she started with the social media attacks. The woman is insane.

I have zero sympathy for what she did. I do have sympathy for her being hurt by a bad review--I had a Goodreads (I don't even go there at all anymore. I frickin' hate Goodreads, to be honest) group attack me quite viciously, and it stings. But them's the breaks when you put your work out there for people other than your friends and family to read. No matter who you are, there will be someone who will dislike something you've written; there might even be someone who makes it their personal mission to bring you down.

WHATEVER.

Pull up your big girl panties, take what they have to say with a grain of salt (if you read reviews at all), and move on. Or stop publishing (self or otherwise). If all you want is rose parades and a well-kissed tush, you're in the wrong business.
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Yes! Thank you, Ma'am.

I found this:

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I maybe reading it wrong but I think this author needs some help.

Peace.
 
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I first saw the article as I was leafing through a travel book. A scrap of paper fell out and wafted down to my expensively leather-clad feet. "Dang," said I, as I picked it up, wondering if I needed to get them polished again. But it was papar, and would papar damage my lethar? "No," says I, so I proceeded to forthwithly look at the papar to potentially ascertain the words scribed upon it. It was something about pizza and I wuddn't hungry.

(Edit: this is so bad that it is actually good, unfortunately unlike the original material that spawned the silly stuff in this thread.)

(Edit2: enter The Writers)
 
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I read the article yesterday. I got to the part where it becomes 'author stalks blogger' and thought 'Whoa, Nelly! That's no way for a reasonable person to behave!'
But to be fair, the writing was on the wall (sorry) early on. She was clearly obsessive about her 'baby' in the first place (scribbling notes in the margin when presented with the print copy, as though she'd never seen the proofs and/or drafted, re-drafted, then handed it off to an editor).
It's why reviews should be ignored, and also why I'd resist (and have resisted) the 'suggestion'* to build a social media profile - especially if all it really amounts to is the author always having to play nice (you can't even ignore all the ass-hats, lest you get accused of responding only to positive/glowing comments; instead, it's on with the Prozac smile and inanities like 'Good point. Something to consider for next time. Thanks for reading' rather than something rather more earthy and honest. I've used all those btw, on the online writers' group I used to be part of. What I really meant 90% of the time was 'Screw you, Jack'...but as I say, if you don't respond at all, you're aloof/only interested in nice comments and gathering lackies, and so on).
Basically, if readers feel a burning need to 'reach out' to me personally, they can do it the old-fashioned way - by letter - or by rocking up to a signing/reading (should I ever get to that point). If, as is likely, they just want to gob off (maybe to get a rise out of me that they can twist or otherwise use against me)...well, they have their platform(s) upon which to validate their existences (if only to themselves), while for me ignorance would be bliss.
(Of course, if I got big big, I might have a website with a message board. I wouldn't go on it, naturally, and I'd have to remind myself not to peek, particularly at certain sections. But... ;))


* It's actually more like an order. 'But what about Twitter?', they may say.
My response to that is akin to that of The Hound in Game of Thrones: where he says "**** the king", I say "**** Twitter".
 
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