What do you guys think?

[stacia_kane]

First, let me just say that when I asked on Monday about keeping to my schedule, this was what I meant. I’d fallen into a bit of a trap with the blog, where I’d come up with a good idea for a post but hold on to it because it wasn’t a “blog day,” and by the time Monday/Thursday rolled around I would have either forgotten it or it felt outdated;

Comments

[zita_h]

I would say you need to go with your gut, and if your gut tells you no, then don't do it. In the end you don't have to explain or justify your decision to anyone but yourself, and it sounds like your self is telling you not to do it. If doing this makes you uncomfortable, I say don't do it.

[ex_camillea]

The true enemy of art is obscurity, and modern business dynamics mean one can't ignore the internet as a powerful generator of word of mouth.

Reviewing is hard, and often thankless. But it's a necessary component of exposure. Sure, she's taking a risk, because reviewees (as any writer knows) run the risk of negative reaction on the part of the reviewer.

I say do it, if you're so inclined. Your publishers depend on reviewers reviewing your books, and send out many copies for free in exchange for those reviews. Think of her efforts as grassroots marketing. And if you don't like some or all aspects of her product, you're of course free to say so.

[tinachristopher]

Hm, I'd say "Yes!" right away because I love jewellery and if all the lady wanted was my honest opinion? For sure.

But if something inside you says 'no', then go with that. Trust yourself in that.

[siebendach]

I'm surprised you couldn't find this offer being sent out to other bloggers who also write urban fantasy.

There's no reason this person can't have the best of intentions. You are a good choice overall: I mean if I were looking for online bloggers to review my jewellery, I wouldn't be making the offer to Otto Buchman to mention on his blog about pig-farming. (No offense, Otto.)

But if your fellow YA authors didn't get similar e-mails, that doesn't seem to be the case. And this person didn't mention your writing, so they also don't seem to be a fan.

As far as I know, you haven't even mentioned jewelry on your blog very much --- while I admit I haven't read it very much, "jewelry" doesn't show up among your tags. So how'd they pick you? And why didn't they mention how?

[stacia_kane]

Yeah, I asked on Twitter but nobody else seemed to have gotten it, although I did have a commenter on this post, I think, who said they'd gotten something similar.

Hey, can I ask a question? Was that a typo, or did you call me a YA author? It's just, that's the second time today I've heard that, and I'm not. I'm working on a YA project at the moment but all of my published/contracted work is adult UF. So I'm just wondering where this came from! :-)

I don't know why they picked me or why they didn't tell me! Very confusing.

[siebendach]

Argh! Yes, I called you a YA author on my first attempt at this post. I managed to catch the error in the post's opening sentence, but didn't remember making the second error farther down. Lo siento!!