The Great-Amazon-Author-Meltdown-Trainwreck of 2009

[hughcasey]

Author Candice Sams has a novel on Amazon.com, Electra Galaxy's Mr. Interstellar Feller (Love Spell). Someone then posted a not-favorable review of the novel on the site.

Ms. Sams proceeded to EXPLODE all over the comment thread. 0_o

Under the name Niteflyr One, her first post in reply to the review sees her already brandishing the long knives. By

Comments

[mike_brendan]

This is someone who could have benefited from The Egoless Writer, but I suspect she'd call the essay crap and continue to fail and flail.

[dan_g]

Oh i dunno. The way things work these days, the opposite might also be true, and a slavaged career and multi-million dollar movie deal be in the offing just so that we can enjoy the floor show more often...

[ysobelle]

Holy crap. I sat through the first page or so and just watched it go off the rails. Had no idea it was so current!

This is why I pay attention to where people see my stuff (I watch the links stats on my webpage) but rarely, if ever, respond. Though there was the kid who implied that I was his mom....

[ckd]

I think the rule is actually "never reply defensively to a bad review"; I've seen some very good responses that were humorous and/or in agreement with the review. (For example, the "OH JOHN RINGO NO" incident.)

[asimaiyat]

Oh my God. I love where she says she's getting tons of emails from readers encouraging her to stand her ground...

[regalpewter]

What she doesn't realize is that it is from folks wanting to see how far she'll melt down.
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