I remember this happening to Jane Yolen, of all people -- and on GEnie, on the children's writing board. Exactly the same thing -- someone would post or ask for advice, she would be kind enough to answer, and they would have a large, loud, completely out-there fit at her 'heavy-handed authoritarian stance'. She went away quickly. I think they tried this to Bruce Coville there as well, but, well, I think he was a tad more argumentative than Jane at the time.
I will admit that I didn't always agree with everything a published professional/editor/agent said on the boards. But if I was going to disagree, it was on the basis of those facts that I felt were either too narrowly represented, or not represented at all (mostly bookselling stuff, discounts to rack jobbers, etc.). I didn't attempt to call them martinets for wielding a greater public authority than I did.
Terry Pratchett said, in an interview, something along the lines of "When opportunity knocks, it usually shows up at the door in dirty overalls and looks a lot like work." I'm mangling that. I'm sorry. I just have so much Pratchett, I'm not entirely certain where it all is; it's dispersed over the whole house, like a protective shield of humour. Which is my way of saying, too lazy to turn the entire house upside down to find it.
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Date: 2004-06-30 10:19 am (UTC)I will admit that I didn't always agree with everything a published professional/editor/agent said on the boards. But if I was going to disagree, it was on the basis of those facts that I felt were either too narrowly represented, or not represented at all (mostly bookselling stuff, discounts to rack jobbers, etc.). I didn't attempt to call them martinets for wielding a greater public authority than I did.
Terry Pratchett said, in an interview, something along the lines of "When opportunity knocks, it usually shows up at the door in dirty overalls and looks a lot like work." I'm mangling that. I'm sorry. I just have so much Pratchett, I'm not entirely certain where it all is; it's dispersed over the whole house, like a protective shield of humour. Which is my way of saying, too lazy to turn the entire house upside down to find it.