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Old 11-11-2008, 11:33 AM   #8
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Nope, not Tuckerized. I got red-shirted for helping vote in "Ghost" as the 'Best Romance Novel of the Year' at a moderately widely read publishing-related blog. Not, I should note, one that specializes in the Romance genre.

I was dubious about doing so (although the twisted humor value was clear), until I read the samples of some of the other books that had been nominated. Ghost was only a little more extreme than many of the 'real' nominees.

Once I figured that out, I explained the situation to a couple of dozen graduate students and helped boost the vote count (open voting, don't-ya know). I, along with quite a few others, got red-shirted for my efforts. I got a tiny bit more stage time than most of the other red-shirts because my one-sentence distinguishing feature tickled Ringo and Taylor's fancy. I truthfully claimed "plays the bagpipes -- badly."

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