there is a handful of regulars Mary, Jaci, Shiloh, Mac, shelley/shayla are the main ones, im sure in the past there have been the odd ones but i assure you they are lora’s friends.

now as a regular poster on LLs forum, i dont particulary remember her getting on and saying that, but if she did want feedback it could of been for a reason.

B grade authors is a little harsh - all authors start out small - there is very few instant hit authors.

i thought LLs forum was one of the least fangirly there is, thats why i like it there.

When is enough enough already? Everyone gets the point, some of her fans are a bit out there, but you know what, she’s not the only person who has out of control fans.

So my question is, why does it keep going back to her? Give her a break already and pick someone new to roast.

Lena

At this moment im part of another authors list with fants that are a bit more insane then Sarah’s. it think its great but it had turned off so many people from being there and talking to the author it is sad. I only corrospond through emails with her now, and granted its better, its also more tedious. the poor woman has to keep up with a group of people that post 1-3k a day of absolutely NOTHING of relavance and the emails of her fans that just wanna say hi and ask questions about her books. then she opened a Forum to try to get the wild traffic off the group, and now its just two places for these insane people to further complicate other peoples lives.

but as the authors she cant alienate them, anyone, and i dont know if she wants to or not. but in a way shes alienating others because they are turned off with the crazy stuff going on on the group. And theres talks of a meeting comming up… i feel for her… some of them are NOT the kinda fans you want to meet… Rabid dosent cover her fans…

But like i said, as an author, i hope to have a semblance of that one day… but i think it might kill me in the long run.

But this is a VERY common issue with a lot of authors right now… and Sarah has a lot of fans… but some are far, far worse then hers….

Stella

Saying why you didn’t like it is perfectly fine. I agree readers and authors would love to know why a part or if all of the book wasn’t liked.

There is a way to say it, without it being directed to an author harshly.

Readers want to know why someone doesn’t like it. I can say I don’t like a book because the hero was too beta and the heroine was too dominant. That might help another reader who likes beta heros and dominant heroines - so in fact they buy the book for the very reason I dislike it.

Most authors I know prefer to know why a reader or reviewer dislike a book rather than just have them say it sucks.

My problem is the way some of these blogs- criticize a book. Why can’t readers just say the don’t like a book-without disecting the book piece by piece? One of the blogs-even went so far as to call an author, a horrible name. Why go to such lengths? I think it’s way past hurtful, way past indecent. Authors read these blogs all the time. and like I mentioned I don’t have a problem saying “the book did nothing for me,” or “I didn’t like it.” But bashing -is way wrong.

…and Anne - you wouldn’t be talking about a NY comedy vamp writer would you? *snerk*