Joy in Mudslingingville

I just missed an amazing chance at either brilliant or horrible timing. Early last week, I had stumbled across an old humor piece I'd written. Since I'd never posted it, I decided to put it in my blog. The piece was about a decision by Kirkus Reviews to start selling reviewers. (A follow-up strategy to their decision to sell reviews.) It was pretty much as tacky, and as funny, as it sounds. Right before I did that, I got an email from a writer who'd been wounded by Kirkus. This isn't un...