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How To Get On My Shit List (#652 in an ongoing series)

See? Here I am, answering someones question, rather than handing my phone to Mary.

See? Here I am at Sundance, answering someone's email, rather than handing my phone to Mary (who is sitting next to me).


A few days ago, I posted my weekly work schedule. If you've read it, then you understand why I don't answer every email or Tweet that I receive (although I do my best).


Now, read these Frequently Asked Questions, which include all of the ways to contact me. NOWHERE does it say that asking Mary SanGiovanni to forward your request to me is acceptable. It's not. Mary is my girlfriend and my best friend, not my secretary.


So, if I didn't respond to your interview request, blurb request, or offer to join your new literary agency, then I'm either not interested or too busy at this time. Disrespecting Mary by asking her to intercede on your behalf will only piss me off.

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Published on March 01, 2012 04:38
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message 1: by Vicki (new)
Mar 03, 2012 09:19PM

Vicki G Not meaning to sound disputatious, but it must be pretty confusing to some people - not me, b/c I work in Emergency Medicine and have seen every confusing thing under the sun - but some people probably confuse the fact that she's always talking on your web site and that you promote her books on your web site with the idea that she's in more than a mere girlfriend/best friend capacity. They might think that promoting her books on your web site means you're working together as writers.
Just saying it's possible. That's all. It's just that some people are easily confused. I work with the public, in a way; I've seen how easily swayed people are.


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