I blogged recently about scathing comments of relatives toward reviewer Carol Buchanan, who wasn’t fond of John Lacombe’s Winter Games. The situation was used to highlight a trend I’ve noticed with authors like Alice Hoffman who take reviewer bashing to a whole new level. I also reminded authors in How Big Is Your EGO? to [...]
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Author Responds to Reviewer Bashing
September 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Current Affairs, Reviewers
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Alice Hoffman Goes Ballistic on Twitter
July 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Online Marketing, Social Networking
This week, Alice Hoffman didn’t take too kindly to a lukewarm review of her latest, The Story Sisters, from Roberta Silman of the Boston Globe. Hoffman fired off at the author, calling her a “moron” and an “idiot.” She said she was angry that too much plot was given away, then criticized her hometown newspapers. She said as a woman,…
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