I'm really not a fan of salon. Everytime I read an article there, I like them less and less.
She calls GRs 'amazons even nastier kissing cousin' and then gives advice to authors which is usually what GRs members end up getting called 'nasty' for. smh
**Instead of encouraging writers to publish their quibbles with how their book is being received, publicists and friends of people with books out should be encouraging their clients and loved ones to take long walks, bury themselves in volunteer work, get cracking on a new project (ha ha, but it’s worth a shot). Or, failing all those, to just handcuff themselves to a radiator in the basement until their book’s a few months old. As a very wise person once told me when I was in the throes of Behaving Badly myself, your book’s whole job is to speak for itself. Your job is to write the next one**
No, no, I think Margo is too old for the strain of maintaining a BBA status. Clearly she is trying sooo hard.
Margo thinks Viners are grasping illiterates and only one was responsible for 4 of her critical reviews and 2 non-Viners are responsible for the non-Vine critical reviews.
She calls GRs 'amazons even nastier kissing cousin' and then gives advice to authors which is usually what GRs members end up getting called 'nasty' for. smh
**Instead of encouraging writers to publish their quibbles with how their book is being received, publicists and friends of people with books out should be encouraging their clients and loved ones to take long walks, bury themselves in volunteer work, get cracking on a new project (ha ha, but it’s worth a shot). Or, failing all those, to just handcuff themselves to a radiator in the basement until their book’s a few months old. As a very wise person once told me when I was in the throes of Behaving Badly myself, your book’s whole job is to speak for itself. Your job is to write the next one**
Margo thinks Viners are grasping illiterates and only one was responsible for 4 of her critical reviews and 2 non-Viners are responsible for the non-Vine critical reviews.