So you'd rather be slammed by an "educated" reviewer?
;)
BTW ... I don't believe such a person exists. It's all
opinion and like assholes ... everyone's got one and they all
smell.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"... down these mean streets a man must go
who is not himself mean, who is neither
tarnished or afraid."
--Raymond
Chandler (1888-1959)
Banned by the Washington Post ...
http://www.adau.net/judas_ezine/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Lochte
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 10:20 PM
>
> Well, Anthony, the problem is that, once in a blue
moon, Harriet
> decides to
> review a book that offends her. Like "The Trials of
Nikki Hill," which I
> co-wrote with Chris Darden. Now, heck, she's got
every right to
> express her
> opinion, educated or uneducated though it may be.
However, she evidently
> sends her reviews to a vast assortment of websites.
She sent it twice to
> Barnes & Noble (or perhaps someone asleep at the
switch there ran
> it twice)
> which means it took a whole bunch of five stars from
other
> amateur reviewers
> to offset the double rap. Since Harriet is
well-known as an easy
> mark when
> it comes to mysteries, some readers have probably
assumed that
> our effort is
> excruciatingly awful. I hope it's not.. We've got a
sequel and a
> paperback
> edition waiting in the wings.
> Dick (I've been hammered by Harriet)
Lochte
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