drumming up the troops...
new in the "I got a bad review!" thread...
"As far as the comments about PA, that was utterly uncalled for as well and absolutely untrue. When this reviewer made those ugly comments she attacked every PA author and insulted everyone who has read and enjoyed a book PA publishes. I should think PA would demand a very large retraction and a very loud public apology.
PA's authors are selling through nearly every mainstream retail venue and I don't know of any lawsuits in the works do you? I know Bush is being tried in courts around the world as a murderer and terrorist because of his deceptive invasion of Iraq and the tens of thousands of innocent civilians that have been killed by coilition forces there and around the world but I don't see her paper making much of an issue of it. Not a word of that is in her paper. I think this ol' broad in Maine needs to consider her sources before she prints something as fact. That is something I think is worth spending a few dollars to advertise.
Since this reviewer definitly has very few scruples and has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt she isn't above printing lies to disparage a reputable company I think the paper has an obligation to remove her. Apparently either through blatant ignorance, jealousy, or plain vindictiveness this person has chosen to try and discredit an author by printing untruths about a third party, in this case the publisher. Seems to me she has a fairly obvious affection for your father too. Maybe that's one of the reasons your mother left town.
I should suggest you ignore this situation completely. Its beneath a person, such as yourself, who has proven herself to be of such admirable character. Look around at your family and the life you've been able to create. That's all the evidence you should need to know your story is valid and even this vapid reviewer didn't have the pettiness to try and disparage your talent. But I know I couldn't just walk away. Take out that ad, expose her lies, and then have those freinds and readers barage that paper with some accurate reviews and not weak, poorly substanuated critiques. I see a major interview coming out of this and you should be the first one to contact local radio staions and that paper to demand you have equal access to the media."
of course, the writer's book hasn't been released yet...
lurkers - do you REALISE how stupid you look when you post things like this on the public boards? Really?
and then you wonder why you can't get your PA overpriced, under-edited tome reviewed anywhere other than by other PA authors...
