Sorry but I have to share this guys, it had me in stitches. Hope you guys find the humour in it as well. I won’t be saying the person name just because, well I am not a dick.
So I get an email for a review request. Nothing new right? It was one line. Sadly that isn’t anything new either. But quite frankly, I am getting a little fed up of the one-liners. I generally just reply back with a No and leave it like that. Not this time. One line requests just scream “I couldn’t be fucked”, “here you do the work”. They don’t link the book, sometimes they don’t even give the book title, so your in complete lala land. Going to cover up the names, so anyway here is the first email I got;
J@”@% from Blah blah thought you might like to take a look at my new book. I’m looking for reviews on Amazon, particularly, but I would appreciate any light.
They did give me an amazon link. Which is something but again, screams laziness right? So I reply back with;
Sorry but no thank you. You really need to put in more effort to your request emails.
And this was the reply back I got;
Jump in a lake you boujee twit.
I shit you not, I was in tears for a good whole minute. I couldn’t leave well alone so I replied again;
No thanks. Have a good day.
No reply since. Hope this brightens your day. You guys had any interesting incidents yourselves?
Well not quite that. I’m not a book blogger but a writer. What I HAVE had are other writers asking me to critique their work. Wait. I don’t know you, and hey, do you realise how much work that is??? I mean the mere suggestion. Hey if it’s a friend I’d think about it at least. I get it’s difficult getting reviews on Amazon, but you do get them. Write a second book and make it a good one, and miracle of miracles, reviews will happen.
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Ha! Authors behaving badly strikes again. I haven’t had anything too bad myself. This one is worth a read though: https://www.scifiandscary.com/this-is-not-a-review-of-hells-shadows/
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Checking it out 😛
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what even is a boujee???
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I have no clue.
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That’s the funny thing; it’s slang for bourgeois, and technically means someone high class or rich.
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Though that said I think some use it to mean someone who acts Ellie but knows they’re not.
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Lool!
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HA! Yeah, that’s a good one, and heaven knows I get my share of requests, most of whom haven’t bothered to look at my submission page, have a clue what i don’t read, or as you–get one liners with zero to zip info. i usually try to politely respond with a no, but have on occasion suggested they give a bit more thought to their requests. I have to say tho, if I get a response, they are usually that they understand and appreciate my time anyway.
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Yeah exactly. I get no end of people trying to send me non-fiction or romance novels, which I don’t touch.
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Not a very clever move from someone who really should know better. Passionate readers, such as yourself, are an author’s lifeblood. On top of that, what you do with your blog and other posted reviews, is priceless. I know I ended up being a bit of a pain in the a*se trying to get two of my paperbacks to you but I hope I was sufficiently courteous in doing so!
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You weren’t a pain in the ass. 🙂
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This is hilarious! Who even uses words like boujee 😂 😂 Thanks for sharing!
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I giggled at ‘twit’, it’s like my favorite word to call my boyfriend ‘twit and twat’ haha
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Glad it made you laugh 😛
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Bloody hell!! some people are shocking!
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Yup. Glad didn’t waste my time reading their book.
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