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Was that my squee that did that?

Emma wrote: "Was that my squee that did that?"
Lol!

Holy F* this is just getting more ridiculous by the minute. Seriously, because someone added an unreleased book to a shelf, then you get the bad review e-therapy??! What if the comment is like SQUEEE, THE NEWEST BOOK FROM LISA HENRY (but without rating)?!?

Emma wrote: "Was that my squee that did that?"


HUGE FINGER POINT=====> do the words "holy crap" mean anything to you, hmm?

Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment, but because there aren't a heap of stars, GR assumes it's a negative rating.

Which is obviously ridiculous!

Lisa wrote: "Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment, but because there aren't a heap of stars, GR assumes it..."

Does this mean that Thomas Hardy is going to receive an email from GR, cos of my recent single star review of one of his humongously boring books? "Dear Mr Hardy, relax, take a deep breath, so you've received a negative review...."

How condescending. And how ridiculous. They have issues.

Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment, but because there aren't a heap of stars, ..."

I'm blaming them if Hardy follows their advice and rises from the grave. The zombie apocalypse is nigh!

Now all I can think of is the different ways classical authors would have responded to reviews in negative ways. Some of the ones with substance abuse problems, shall we say, might have been pretty entertaining.

Wonder what Oscar Wild might have said?

MLE wrote: "Now all I can think of is the different ways classical authors would have responded to reviews in negative ways. Some of the ones with substance abuse problems, shall we say, might have been pretty..."

Whatever Wilde would have said, it would have been worth hearing!

Lisa wrote: "MLE wrote: "Now all I can think of is the different ways classical authors would have responded to reviews in negative ways. Some of the ones with substance abuse problems, shall we say, might hav..."

"True friends stab you in the front" Oscar Wilde

Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "MLE wrote: "Now all I can think of is the different ways classical authors would have responded to reviews in negative ways. Some of the ones with substance abuse problems, shall we s..."

True. He would have to wit to come up with a good attack rather than what I've seen on here most often.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde

Lisa wrote: "Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment, but because there aren't a ..."

Yes, but what would zombie Hardy say? *trolls.....trolls......trolllss", cos hey no reviewer could ever have an honestly negative opinion about his or any other book, right?

Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment, but because th..."

Oh yeah, it must be the trolls... because all books EVER are works of genius and everyone should love them, and you guys don't even know how hard it is to write a book, you don't deserve an opinion anyhow, you're all just haterz, and it's my BAAAABBBYYYYY!!!!!

*makes stiff drink and calms down**

Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment, but because th..."

Here I thought authors were delicate little flowers requiring nothing, but praise, and gentle words wilting at the slightest criticism.

*clutches pearls*

(view spoiler)[It makes no sense the authors who need to hear things like that very condescending, and patronizing prompt are going to ignore it, and assume it applies to OTHER people and not them because they are SPECIAL. (hide spoiler)]

Go and look at Ami's cute baby panda post....relax, take a deep breath, blah, blah, blah. Goodyreads is on your side.

MLE wrote: "Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Crispy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Well, I don't want to blame Emma entirely...but it's probably all her fault.

@ Ami - that's the thing, there was no rating, just a comment,..."

Your spoiler is absolutely dead on. Because the ones who will disregard that patronising little message will do so because there's is a special case and they're just pointing out to the poor misguided reviewer how absolutely wrong they were. And then really can't understand why the reviewer doesn't fall down to their knees and worship them for it.

It's no coincidence that most BBAs are self published. Now anyone can upload something to Amazon and call themselves an author. The problem is, the rest of us did it while being told "no" a lot of times, by publishers and agents. It toughened us up. Reviews? Pfft! Even the most caustic review in the world is still validation, because guess what? I got a book published! I did it!

Crispy wrote: "Go and look at Ami's cute baby panda post....relax, take a deep breath, blah, blah, blah. Goodyreads is on your side."

Lol! Even I can't hold my anger in the face of cuteness of that magnitude.

Sorry, can't resist, one more from Oscar:

"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

Crispy wrote: "Sorry, can't resist, one more from Oscar:

"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.""

I love Oscar Wilde!

Me too. I think The MM Romance Group should declare him it's patron saint. We could have a shrine and everything ...

Crispy wrote: "Me too. I think The MM Romance Group should declare him it's patron saint. We could have a shrine and everything ..."

Agreed!

We could leave naughty gif(t)s at his shrine, you could dedicate some dark words to him...I could, er, knit him some socks? Dang, there goes that flight of fancy.

Crispy wrote: "We could leave naughty gif(t)s at his shrine, you could dedicate some dark words to him...I could, er, knit him some socks? Dang, there goes that flight of fancy."

I just want to drink with him and lounge languidly and read dirty poetry.

A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook about how Oscar Wilde almost certainly DID IT with Walt Whitman... awesome.

Nichole (Dirty H) wrote: "A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook about how Oscar Wilde almost certainly DID IT with Walt Whitman... awesome."

Now that's given me some vivid mental images!

I don't think he wrote dirty poetry did he? Or, is that going to be your contribution, apart from lounging, that is.

I could handle lounging with drinks.

Eeyew, Walt Whitman.

Crispy wrote: "I don't think he wrote dirty poetry did he? Or, is that going to be your contribution, apart from lounging, that is."

Hmmm... I could do the poetry. Well, the limericks. And then we could read Dorian Gray just for the filthy subtext!

Crispy wrote: "Eeyew, Walt Whitman."

Honestly? I wouldn't kick him out of bed. He's not much to look at, but he has a definite twinkle in his eye!

MLE wrote: "I could handle lounging with drinks."

And opium. Drinks and opium.

Lisa wrote: "Nichole (Dirty H) wrote: "A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook about how Oscar Wilde almost certainly DID IT with Walt Whitman... awesome."

Now that's given me some vivid mental images!"

It had a definite Daddy-and-his-boy vibe, that's for sure.

Wait, back the feck up, Dorian Gray has a filthy sub text? What....quick somebody pass me that opium pipe.

We can all chase the green fairy as well.

I think my shrine to Oscar is turning into a den of iniquity. Lisa needs to make with the dirty limericks while I try to get WW in flagrante with Ossie out of my brain. Pass me the sugar cube and spoon please...

Crispy wrote: "Wait, back the feck up, Dorian Gray has a filthy sub text? What....quick somebody pass me that opium pipe."

OMG, that book is so homoerotic... I love it!

Choose the correct response:

(1) I read DG 40 yrs ago,I can barely remember the text, let alone a subtext
(2) I've seen the original film and that's scary not naughty
(3) I've read so much mm romance/Lisa Henry I'm immune to "subtle"
(4) All of the above.

Crispy wrote: "Choose the correct response:

(1) I read DG 40 yrs ago,I can barely remember the text, let alone a subtext
(2) I've seen the original film and that's scary not naughty
(3) I've read so much mm rom..."

ALL OF THE ABOVE!

Congratulations! Lisa, you win an all expenses paid trip to Rottnest Island with your dream date, Oscar....*smooch,smooch*

Crispy wrote: "Congratulations! Lisa, you win an all expenses paid trip to Rottnest Island with your dream date, Oscar....*smooch,smooch*"

Damn...why do I get the impression he's just not into me in return?

You can't mean, it's not, I thought... You're not a twink named Lord Alfred Douglas?

Crispy wrote: "You can't mean, it's not, I thought... You're not a twink named Lord Alfred Douglas?"

Damn. No I am not. Not at all.

No wonder my dating service for authors went out of business...

Crispy wrote: "No wonder my dating service for authors went out of business..."

Ouch. You really shouldn't have bet the house on that.

That's ok I'll self publish a tell-all book about my ill fated but salacious exploits, it will get horrendous reviews cos I can't write for shit, I will be trolled by bullies on GR, chuck a mental, be taken up as a cause célèbre by persons best not spoken about, sell heaps of books to gullible twits and enjoy my five minutes of fame before sinking into well deserved obscurity. I owe it all to you and Oz.*deep breath*

Crispy wrote: "That's ok I'll self publish a tell-all book about my ill fated but salacious exploits, it will get horrendous reviews cos I can't write for shit, I will be trolled by bullies on GR, chuck a mental..."

There, there. *pats your back* It's okay. They're just haterz, and you're a genius.

Goodnight :)

I know, *pats own back*, Good night ; ) *hugs*