tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8293305817600443711..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Word of mouth . . .Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41836824445523538252009-04-10T10:32:00.000-04:002009-04-10T10:32:00.000-04:00Thanks, Ladies! Yep, meeting a rude writer would ...Thanks, Ladies! Yep, meeting a rude writer would put me off her/his books faster than anything.Lonnie Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617936690870869287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-73326065286122428102009-04-10T10:24:00.000-04:002009-04-10T10:24:00.000-04:00I'm still astonished every time somebody says, "I'...I'm still astonished every time somebody says, "I've read your books and loved them!" It's still like a dream to me -- I'm published, people are spending some of their time on this earth reading what I wrote! You bet I'm polite to readers. These are the people I've worked for so many years to reach. <BR/><BR/>I've never received any nasty e-mails about my books, or been confronted in person by Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-47377395090173430262009-04-10T09:27:00.000-04:002009-04-10T09:27:00.000-04:00I agree about how important it is for a writer to ...I agree about how important it is for a writer to be courteous to all. I've even changed my behavior some. If a driver cuts me off in traffic, I no longer yell or make rude gestures. Instead, I mutter my mantra: "No enemies! They might buy your book...."Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46738770680163288522009-04-10T09:00:00.000-04:002009-04-10T09:00:00.000-04:00Yes, yes, yes. Write the best book you can and se...Yes, yes, yes. Write the best book you can and send it out into the world--and hope that other people see what you did when you wrote it. Respect your readers' intelligence, and always be open and enthusiastic about your work.<BR/><BR/>We as authors can blog and post and meet and greet and mail things all we want--but a sincere recommendation from someone who has actually read the book carries Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com