Life of an Author: How Would You Deal with a Bully

This reads a bit like a case of one kid bullying another around the playground, while the principal is watching. Intriguing? Perhaps. Sad, for sure. 

As part of my reaching out to readers I post on a thread in Promotions Go Here, which belongs to a group called Constant Reader on Goodreads (a social network for reading books.) In the last few days a group member calling herself Sara (with no public profile to her name) decided to do her best to shut me off. After she had written that my 'annoying posts and excerpts' are 'not working' to make her read the book, I replied that I'm glad she came in, read my posts, and made an educated decision that the book was not for her. I truly meant it.



At the heels of this exchange Sue, another group member, came in to say that she 'skips quickly by' (apparently she, too, can't stand what I say.)

In reply to which I stated that Apart From Love is not for everyone, and went on to quote several of my reviewers who had defined what kind of readers it is meant for. 

This brought about two quick, offensive spurts from Sara with a derogative tone, where the unusual expression 'damn exceptional' is uttered. She demanded that I leave the playground: 

Which forced me to call the principal (Ruth is a moderators of this group.)

Who decided to support the bully and have the victim expelled.

Not so fast!
 I asked Ruth to remove the offensive posts. They are still on that thread. And I'll keep you posted.... Let me know what you think. 
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