A novelist friend of mine published three books with a small press publishing company. She’s not eating Kobe beef on the royalties but her books sold well enough to pay off her advances and attract the attention of some local professional critics, i.e. those who get paid to offer their opinion, as compared to the rest of us. The reviews were generally positive. Until one came along that wasn’t. Justifiably, my friend was upset. By the time a novel is ready for general cons

I saw the following conversation the other day, on the website everyone loves to hate… Person 1: “What a beautiful little baby. What’s her name?” Person 2: “Leia.” Person 1: “Like, Princess Leia?” Person 2: “No. Like General Leia.” BOOM! Everyone cheer. Person 1 got TOLD. Listen loser…er, uhm…Person 2: If you’re going to make ridiculous PC comments, at least get the details right. It’s General Organa. Princess Leia. General Organa. Simple, right? (Shake my head in