Kids, here's what NOT to do if you want to be a professional writer. The first 50 or so comments is where the drama really goes down. Much past that it just kind of turns into a witch hunt and made me feel kinda bad for the woman. Don't get me wrong, she flew off the handle, but I can understand getting emotional about it. She just got emotional in an incredibly unsafe place--you know, the internet.
I think what I appreciate most is the level of respect that Al brings to the craziness. He is so respectful of her, even when he was not receiving the same in return and he was respectful of her work even though I would designate it to the crap-heap of self-publishing.
I wish Ms. Howlett all of the success in the world, I'm just not sure that it will be in literary circles. At least, not after this.
