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...since I have this scale of "you must be this talented before I let you get away with pulling stunts like that" which I measure in milli-HarlanEllisons.
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I have a similar scale, but it's more along the lines of "I have to already be a die-hard fan before I see you acting like a brat/looney/psycho, or I'm outta here!"
Which is why I still read Anne Rice no matter what she does. Of course, these days I follow her Facebook posts, and her ability to be open and diplomatic in such a venue has won back any points she may have lost with me in the past anyway. But there was a time when I might have dropped her had I not already been a huge fan of her work.
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PS. For a print-published YA author you may or may not want to avoid, googling for the phrase "I didn't make it up, beyotch! I had a friend who faked her own kidnapping!" will help cut down your possible TBR/purchase list as well as provide you with bonus lulz. That, incidentally, is a direct quote.
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Wow. I read the first result listed. A YA author who cusses like a sailor. That's... Wow. And this:
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It's very hurtful to know that so many people are reading negative things about something I worked so hard on, something I may or may not have lived through, and something I really like. Think about that.
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kind of touches on that blog post I mentioned earlier. I mean, I can see why authors would hope that people would be sensitive to their feelings (we all wish that, right?) but to expect it and rail against the opposite, well, shoulda maybe picked a different career.
Edited to add: It's not that I'm insensitive to author's feelings, I just don't feel it's my job to have to deal with them personally, ya know?