As a “Blogger’, a writer of BLOGS & various other so-called projects, one has a tendency to read other “writers” BLOGS, to see what they’re up to; how they are fairing on their particular projects, their lives and so on.
For the published writers, their BLOGS are mostly a tool of self-promotion, pushing their various “zines” (E-mags) and their newest published works.
Considering the publishing trade, self-promotion is the nature of the beast.
Some writer’s such as Neil Gaiman, for example, has a popular following but he will never trash his fellow writers…bad move, lady, and highly inappropriate.
This particular writer in question, shamelessly presented emails of people praising her work and, at the same time, shamelessly hung crap on “popular” writers which obviously she felt superior to.
Because she writes a “sub-genre”, so-called “Lovecraftian” tales, she is somehow above the fray? Please, I have read your work; good at creating atmosphere, but you are repetitive.
Sorry darling…popular work such as Koontz is entertaining and bloody sells.
Again, you are displaying your insecurities, as one’s readers can be anyone.
Your influences, after reading your short stories are extremely derivative, trying, really, too damn hard, to write like Lovecraft or Poe…
My message is this, don’t hang crap on other writers, no matter if their successful or not. Or have you missed the boat: Shakespeare and Bart Simpson are in a popularity contest…and Bart is winning.
The world is much bigger than you are!
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