And now for something. . . .
I am 18.75 hedgehogs tall OR 2.13 penguins OR 28.88 eggcups OR .31 giraffes high. How many hedghogs, ants or toilet paper rolls are you?
No snark. Bad puppy. No. (Review stuff.)
A two star Amazon review on His American Detective: "Bodice ripper about gay men by a woman." and I'm longing to comment "don't you mean a waistcoat ripper?" God, no. Stop me. The reviews rarely rattle me any longer -- except when I spot a truth in a bad one. When that happens, I actually lose sleep. This means I still care about writing. Speaking of reviewers and writers: A couple of days ago, a writer said she was tired of getting white ladies writing reviews of her books. She had an excellent point in the long run: her stories are meant for a particular audience and she wants them to resonate with those people and get more reviews from them. But that first line was just....horribly obnoxious. I say this from my POV of course. Not a white lady who writes reviews -- but as a review grubber. Anyone who disses any reader (especially ones that give honest reviews) deserves to be cast into the pit of being ignored.
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ReplyDeleteTime to adjust your settings to enable that spam-blocking feature (where folks have to type nonsense words to post).
ReplyDeleteI'm 200 baked beans tall. And, thanks to the joys of sugar substitutes, I smell like it too.
That was a relatively benign spam and it did have an interesting link giving information about the flood http://www.nola.com/
ReplyDeletestill spam is spam. And the connection to advertising and tragedy is just too rotten. Kind of like the CNN Your Hurricane Headquarters. . . the whole kicky graphics and cute titles thing is slick and nasty.
The flood makes me so angry at the government I haven't trusted myself to blog about it. I feel horrible about the whole thing. Just seems like the governments (local on up to federal) don't give a damn about the poor.
ReplyDeleteNow the feds have apportioned a chunk of money for the relief, and all I can think is, how much of it will actually go to the relief, and how much will get stolen by interest groups, contractors snapping up contracts noncompetitively, etc.?
Anyway, yeah, you put words to what I was feeling (re that spam). It seemed like the spammer was taking advantage of the tragedy.
Okay, I’m 17,100 printed pages of inkjet paper high. And, um, speaking of “high” Kate…what have you been up to, my dear? And are you sharing? LOL A most intriguing and unusual post, indeed. ;-)
ReplyDeletePlease stop by my blog when you get a chance, Kate, and read my Best & Worst Advice for Writers article. I’d really love to have you share your advice for aspiring writers!