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.
Arrrr!! thar be a braw and bonny shedevil if ever I saw, arrg!
ReplyDeleteThat's great! and the guy behind her looks scared, too. He knows the smell of Alpha when it hits him.
I really should be writing, but I love vintage book covers, and Frank Shay snagged me. I don't know how to post a link within a post, so here is a link to his bio info: http://www2.smumn.edu/facpages/~poshea/uasal/bios/bio00036.html
ReplyDelete...which you probably already have. Interesting fellow.
I've put it up on my SBD post, and added another one! I find them at Vintage Paperbacks which I found while researching the written history of lesbianism.
ReplyDeleteHer knee really threw me...
ReplyDeleteok, Lyvvie - give it up - how does one post a link within a blog post? - lol
ReplyDeletelyn, you use the html method. << a = href "web site thingy" >>
ReplyDeleteThe weird arm stuff got me, Sam. But you're right about the knee.
She is just a little oddly compacted. He clearly had a model for Background Pirate Hanging On Rope though.
I thought she had very manly hands. Doesn't she remind you of Adrienne Barbeau
ReplyDeleteLyn: you need to use the end tag too of /a in < > at the end of your link, ot it'll not work. A great place to see how these work is to look over your web template.