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Momoe, that's so neat that

Ramona — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:49:01 +0000

Momoe, that's so neat that they bought you Michael's book without knowing that you knew him! Yay, Michael! Yay, your kids!

I really don't have a problem with loyal HP fans going after her for what she wrote, but I still think it crossed the line when they went over to Amazon to trash her book. Fair play would be to stick with the essay she wrote, which is what they found offensive, and keep the comments to the content of the essay.

It doesn't matter that they made it clear they hadn't read her book and were only creating a review because they were angry at what she said about Jo Rowling. They weren't satisfied with just sticking to the forums where the discussions were about the essay. When they moved it over to Amazon they clearly meant to hurt her where it hurts most. To me that was a Malfoy move.

They are JKR fans and the

trkingmomoe — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:33:37 +0000

In reply to Great idea! I'll bet if she

They are JKR fans and the most loyal that are still spending time and money to promote her characters and books. They buy and collect Harry Potter items. I read all the reviews that were 4 and 5 stars first and then looked at the 1 stars. The 1 stars made a point to say they had not read the book and didn't like her assessment of JKR. The social media slap her on the wrist with the outrage she caused. She kicked over a bee hive.

My grandson bought me Mike's first book, the same kid who showed me Shepard's article. By the way he is an English major and wants to teach. He and his wife had no idea that I had any association on line with the author. They just thought it was a terrific book that I would like. They were very pleased with my thrill over the gift. As we worked on the Harry Potter scarves he read the tweets and comments from the article as they came in. The last time we followed tweets and comments together was the night Wendy Davis did her filibuster in Texas. The comments and tweets were for the most part very entertaining about Shepard. The 1 star reviews came later but were not from the early tweets and comments. Those 1 stars probably came from Amazon accounts. We looked her up to see what kind of author she was because non of us knew who she was.

I know all of you work very hard on your writing and she did too. Just the same, I had a fun adventure and quality time with my family exploring a stupid mistake a writer can make.

Great idea! I'll bet if she

Ramona — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 02:03:21 +0000

In reply to Your Malfoy comment makes me

Great idea! I'll bet if she knew about this, she would do it, too. I'll be watching. . .

Your Malfoy comment makes me

Verified Atheist — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:25:54 +0000

In reply to She made a cheap shot to get

Your Malfoy comment makes me think, "What would really bookend this nicely is if JKR came out and condemned these Amazon mob-reviews in exactly that language." There's nothing like coming to the defense of someone who has just insulted you to make you look like a class act.

I agree with Ramona. The

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:58:53 +0000

In reply to She made a cheap shot to get

I agree with Ramona. The punitive Amazon reviews are over the line.

Ted Nugent has said a bunch of things that deserve censure. Going to pummel his old albums in online reviews. Neither am I going to ding Cat Stevens albums because Yusuf Islam can be an idiot.

Public speech should get pushback when it's earned it. But the pushback should be related to the public speech itself.

She made a cheap shot to get

Ramona — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:56:28 +0000

In reply to I know they were from non

She made a cheap shot to get traffic to her books on the web. The Hogwarts are obliging her. At least that is how they see it.

I dunno. Maybe this hits too close to home. I think trashing someone's book on Amazon because she wrote an infuriating essay is crossing way over the line.

How about this? What if Michael Wolraich wrote a post that everyone came down on and someone thought it would be cool to punish him by heading over to Amazon to mob-review his new book? (I'm using MW as an example only because he does have a new book coming out.)

When I look at book reviews at Amazon I'll often just look at the ratings and if there are too many low ratings I move on. Unless it's a book I already know something about I don't look to see what the reviewers are saying.

IMO, no matter what she said in that essay, she didn't deserve that. I don't see the Hogwarts as heroes. It's something Malfoy and his bunch would do.

I know they were from non

trkingmomoe — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:37:44 +0000

In reply to Momoe, I don't know what kind

I know they were from non readers and in response to her remarks. I still thought they were rather fun. The reason was I have a large stack of Harry Potter striped scarves sitting in front of me that my grand daughter-in-law is making for Metro-Con coming up in July. She hopes to have several hundred of them made by then as well as the other scarves she made before Christmas. She tells me she will sell all of them because Harry Potter is still a well loved character. I knew about Shepard's Hufpo piece as soon as it came out. The Hogwarts were on it. We looked her up and read the promo's of her 2 books. She made a cheap shot to get traffic to her books on the web. The Hogwarts are obliging her. At least that is how they see it.

This is exactly why I haven't

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:18:00 +0000

In reply to A Writer asks a Famous Writer to Stop Writing Because–Why Again?

This is exactly why I haven't blogged for so long--to give you all some oxygen.

;)

PS Excluding my usual sock puppets of course.

Wise words, as always, from

Ramona — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:23:01 +0000

In reply to It seems to me that this Lynn

Wise words, as always, from Mr. Smith:

There is no shortage of creativity, except in the minds of those that believe in a scarcity of imagination. These are self-imposed limitations, not universal ones.

Momoe, I don't know what kind

Ramona — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:27:46 +0000

In reply to She sure stepped into it!

Momoe, I don't know what kind of writer she is but most of the one-star reviews are phony. They're pay-backs for her article on J.K. Rowling. Most of them were published yesterday, after her article came out.

Will people read her now? I don't know. But I hope the decisions will be based on her work and not on the dozens of one-star reviews that have nothing to do with her book.