Slap and Tickle
Here I sit waiting for reviews and some feedback for my first published novella - yeah, I’m still upset Shannon has her April RT (and received a 4 Star review!!) and my copy of RT has not arrived…grumble, grumble, grumble…
No matter the view on my writing, I figure it will be better than this review Tess Gerritsen received for The Surgeon.
Tess Gerritsen’s latest detective novel The Surgeon is abusive garbage. If Gerritsen weren’t a woman, she would be accused justifiably of misogyny, and the world would be a better place if she had stuck to her medical practice…
But, really, my favorite part of the review is where he says Gerritsen is “the only author I have read in 40 years who makes me want to slap her.”
Okay, let me be clear. Anyone slaps me, I slap them back. Anyone threatens to slap me, I slap them back. Getting the picture? There will be no slapping or talk of slapping me. Ever.
February 28th, 2006 at 9:52 am
I had to get Sylvia to send me my review since I don’t pay first class and my mag won’t be here for another two weeks.
February 28th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Something’s definitely wrong with that person. Slap the author?? The entire review sounded vindictively personal to me. Besides, THE SURGEON was awesome!
February 28th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
I was at Waldenbooks this morning. Of course, I was spending money on books! (So much for that budget!) Anyway, I saw your book advertised in their romance flyer. I’m sure it would have been on the front cover if Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer hadn’t written a book coming out the same month.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:17 pm
Did you get it yet?
Did you get it yet?
Are we there…wait…never mind.
Do you wanna know? How many fingers am I holding up?
*g* It’s shannonstacey @ gmail if you cave.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Oh, now you should be able to login to the new website with your subscriber info and get it online. I haven’t tried yet since I never have the mag close with my info, but that’s the concept.
March 1st, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Yup, I did that this morning and it was awesome! Of course I had to dig that blue wrapper out of the trash to get the number, which earned me some disgusted looks from my children.
March 5th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Congrats to both Alison and Shannon on their great 4 Star reviews - wahooo!
I finally got my copy of RT. It came right when I was ready to hand in my next book. Always nice to get a little positive reinforcement when you’re in full worry mode. And, Shannon, from now on I’m driving to your house when a RT review comes out because your mail seems to be 2-3 days ahead of mine. Fix up a room.