Been Around The Blogs And I, I, I…
Lisa Stansfield, I salute you.
So I actually looked at my Google Reader yesterday and caught up on the happenings in RomLand.
Firstly, I discovered that SuperWendy has moved, so I updated my links accordingly.
I also caught the whole AAR Vs Blogs lovefest. Man, some of those AAR peeps sure got their knickers in a twist. I did love all the frothing at the mouth though, especially from that Xina bird.
Here’s an ‘interesting’ comment from Xina herself:
“There are a couple that seem to operate without prejudice, but mostly they can’t separate themselves from personal opinions.”
What an odd comment from an AAR message boards regular. RomLand is just one massive melting pot of personal opinions, arguments and counter-arguments. Like AAR don’t have their share of uber opinionated nut jobs.
But, hey, if you need the “haters” to generate traffic, then all the power to those blogs. Whatever works…I guess. **shrug**
Sour grapes much?
Don’t you just love people who add **shrugs** to their comments?
Anybody would think bloggers were responsible for all that’s wrong with romance. Whatev, those message board peeps ought to sort out whatever crawled up their collective arses.
Anyway, moving swiftly on, I also discovered that Angie James has a new job at Carina Press, Harlequin’s new digital only e-press. Jolly good news indeed, I knew she wouldn’t be out of work for long, she was jolly good at her job. Hopefully it doesn’t go tits up like that last lot. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you Angie.
My next juicy discovery was over at Katiebabs’ house. She’d given an author a B grade, and said author wasn’t pleased, and got a little huffy about her review. Honestly, I can’t imagine getting annoyed at receiving a B grade for anything. Apparently the author in question, one Teal Ceagh, didn’t like the way that Katiebabs focused on certain sex scenes, and didn’t have a problem saying so. Teal also listed other worthy review sites that had given her book 5 star reviews. One of the ‘legit’ review sites that she listed was Coffee Time romance. Yeah, my chin pretty much hit the floor too. Will these people ever learn?
Then Josh Lanyon steps in with his tuppence-worth, and managed to come across as both condescending, and disdainful of bloggers who review. Nice going Josh.
Anyway, apparently the author apologised, which impressed Katiebabs. Me, not so much.
Moving on again, I liked the If You Like… Mult-cultural Books post up at Dear Author, there were some pretty good recs in the comments section.
Isn’t it funny how many Anons show up when there’s an opportunity to bash Dear Author? Just an observation.
Ok, that’s all I have for now, hopefully nothing major happens in the next few days, because I’ll be far too busy to look at my Google Reader, in the mean time I’ll leave you with this hideous book cover from those pros over at Changeling Press, courtesy of Katiebabs.
There are two things that we can always be sure of in this world, people will always pay taxes, and Changeling Press will always produce sucky covers.
Jut sayin’.
Posted by Karen Scott · 
