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May 25, 2005
chapter three-ish and bad press
Midway through Three. Going to salvage parts from other bits of the book for this one, too, if I can.
I spent an hour floating through LJ communities run by people who intensely dislike a particular well-known St. Louis paranormal romance author. I'm admittedly always amazed by anyone who goes to THAT much effort to "bash", but then, who was the dummy who burned an hour warming her eyes by their flames?
It's the same in fiction as it is in gaming. For every five kudos I see about the project I'm working on, there's always one weasel who not only hates the game, but hates the company, hates the team, hates our pets, and even hates the chair I'm sitting in.
And after eleven years of working in a soup that contains these people as part of the ingredient list, I have this to say -- if I ever get to the state where I have a whole hate community dedicated to me, I will dance with glee, for then I will know that I have truly, truly made it.
There's no such thing as bad press, and if they want to say I'm fat or my beliefs are wrong or my writing sucks, go ahead. It's all publicity, and it's all good. Mwah! I love you like Jesus!
Posted by sdshaver at May 25, 2005 01:28 AM