Welcome to AllThatChazz.com. Last November 1, I quit my job to write full-time. I published two (great!) short story collections, a (powerful!) novella and a bunch of (surprising!) short stories. Soon, the novels will arrive. Brace yourself. I write twisty and twisted stories with gut punch endings, humour and intriguing strangeness.
This, friends, is a race. Will I run out of money before the books catch on? Will the inertia of my mid-life crisis run out of steam? Will I give up dreaming? Hell, no! I’m betting on me to write well. I’m betting on you to discover me.
Please check out my books or I shoot the hostage! I am the hostage and by “shoot the hostage” I mean I’ll eat a whole failure cake and become a mime who’s hunted for sport. Mimes! The Most Dangerous Game!
That was great! The music kept me on the edge of my seat and it was short and to the point. Fantastic (even if you did ignore the email asking if you would review my book)!
LOL! Glad you liked it.
Er, about your request: Your last sentence seems to demand a reply or an explanation. What kind of callous monster must I be to ignore your request?
I don’t actually remember receiving your request (though I do receive a lot of emails each day.) It’s entirely possible I passed since we’ve not interacted in the cyber ether before now, your work is unfamiliar to me and your book isn’t in my wheelhouse. That was awkward, wasn’t it? There are huge swaths of fine literature lots of people appreciate that aren’t for any one person, of course. It’s impossible to read all genres.
Ignoring a form email sent out to a great many on a list seems more gentle and polite than making a point of explaining myself and possibly hurting someone’s feelings. That’s never my intent. Explaining why I did not review your book sounds passive aggressive (and I don’t mean it to be) which is why I ignore requests for reviews of books that aren’t for me rather than reply individually. It avoids such awkwardness. Every book is someone’s baby so reviews can be asked for but it’s uncomfortable for everyone if they are, uh, “required.” (Or I’m misreading your intent and you were going for funny?)
In any case, I’m very sympathetic to the underlying problem since my requests for reviews have been ignored plenty, believe me. (Even from people with whom I thought I was tight. Hm…maybe I am some kind of monster.)
It looks like your book got a lot of great reviews. My sincere congratulations on that. From the descriptions and reviews, I’m sure it’s peachy. Excelsior!
Yes, going for funny, and I sure got your attention! LOL! I didn’t actually pop up out of the blue, I saw that you had a connection with J.E. Knowles and was hoping we could bond as well, since I”m in the process of beta reading her book for her. It’s all incestuous you know.
What a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing.