Here's another highly amusing case of an author (fiction) reacting badly to a less-than-favorable review of her book.... Hilarious.
Enjoy.
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How did I know this might end up here?
- PBK
Fuck off, Spiros.
HT: PBK
I think she contested a grade on a term paper last semester.
I'm not sure what's funnier: the repeated insistence that her writing is fine invariably followed by solecisms and idiotic misspellings or the plea for politeness followed by a volley of fuck offs.
Priceless.
Dunning-Kruger in FULL Effect.
7:10, nice one, but your correct use of a comma immediately gives you away as an imposter.
Well, she hasn't posted anything since March 28th. After ten days of wrath, I guess we've reached the cooling-off period. But, maybe she'll return!
Anyone else click through on her name to read her blogger profile? For someone so insistent on her grammatical prowess, it's pretty hysterical.
wv: pationit, as in "Jacqueline Howett is quite a pationit defender of her writing"
Should we have expected better from someone who thought "The Greek Seaman" was a good title?
Looks like the same thing we see with faculty commenting on teaching evaluations: the good reviews are proof of quality, while the bad ones should be dismissed as ignorant and off the mark.
The author also has a collection of poetry, entitled Amorphous Angelic, for $4.95.
Here is the author's description of this collection: "35 selected poems of love, inspiration, wonder, visions, hope, faith and connecting to the higher self as well as with the sad & strange, to elevating out of darkness to reveal the mystery of life that cover an important time factor in the poets life between 1980-1985, and have remained her most memorable as they become the last link with old England before her moving to America."
The author adds the following: "Written in a timeless language that everyone can relate with at the core of their souls. They also reveal a hint of old England in the poets evolving."
This hideous drivel is taken straight from her blog: http://jacquelinehowett.blogspot.com/
A profile on Amazon (DeAnna L) has reviewed two of the author's works, The Greek Seaman and Amorphous Angelic, and has no other reviews. Both works are given five stars.
DeAnna L writes of The Greek Seaman: "Very much enjoyed reading the book. The experiences that the author encountered while on the ship with her husband were very well written. You couldn't help find yourself in her place as you were reading. Whether it be when she was steering the ship, seeing dolphins for the first time or experiencing a hurricane at sea, just to name a few. The descriptions of each new daily adventure she encountered seemed to effortlessly find themselves on each page for the reader to enjoy."
DeAnna L writes of Amorphous Angelic: "Just got done reading and re-reading the of poems. I loved so many of them and they held special meaning with me. My favorities are "How Many butterflies Can You Be" and "Until I Rest In Jesus". P.S. After reading this book it gave so much more meaning and appreciation for the author and person as I just finished her book "The Greek Seaman"."
Clearly, these reviews have been posted by the author herself.
@10:29 "Until I Rest in Jesus" sounds like an edgy gay porn flick.
The Secret Passion of Twins Blurb:
'They say twins know each other's thoughts. While on vacation, Cathy and Pat who are twins just might be in denial of this factor. When it comes to much needed love and Owen the next door neighbor is the only man in their lives, in reality, only one can have him, but it may appear everyone's in denial as each live out a fantasy with deep and somewhat strange psychological consequences in this gripping short story as they deal in their own way to let go of the guilt of a tragic family accident.'
The last sentence is an epic.
I don't know if anyone else wasted enough time to get this deep into her bio, but apparently she's a racist as well as a terrible writer. Here's a description of the thought behind one of her poems, from her "official webpage"
http://authorjacquelinehowett.weebly.com/my-other-poems.html
"I wrote this poem. 'Sands of time,' to my entry into America, when I seemingly fled Old England in 1988, at the beginning of the first Arab invasion, not long after the Arabs became educated. And while running away from all that was Europe in change, (It was also the beginning of the computer era.) I was looking back across the channel from my new home on the water in Falmouth, Maine relieved yet somewhat puzzled this was New England. Baxter Island was at my door step. A beautiful untouched landscape on rock where I frolicked with my two pekenese dogs I had brought with me. Baxter Island was a solitary place for the death, dumb and blind. And yet, I felt this is what I had done to Europe for a time."
Perhaps I am being unfair though, since she only "seemingly" fled "Old England". Perhaps she hasn't really fled at all, or for reasons other than the "Arab invasion".
Priceless.
An unfair comparison (Humphrey is obviously no Howett), but the author angrily meets critic motif is nonetheless on amusing display here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/09/soul-dust-nicholas-humphrey-review
See the discussion in the comments.
Fuck of!!!
Just in case that really was JH:
Your post was absolutely your best writing ever.
My favorite comment ever has to be: "Fuck of!!!"
Angry enough for extra exclamation points, not angry enough to check spelling.
729:
Did you write a pseudonymous review of The Greek Seaman on Amazon? It didn't seem quite your style, but the name (Dunning Kruger (Freddy's cousin?)) made me think it might be you...
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