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In an earlier post today, I talked about March Madness and the Romance world coming together in the DA BWAHA tournament. Well, this seems to be a day for world collisions since it happened again just a few minutes ago–at least in my mind.
As an author, you just never know where you’re going to find inspiration for a story and I’ve come to the conclusion that blog posts fall under that same unpredictable umbrella. I was reading the MLB Fanhouse blogs and came across the big brou-ha-ha in Florida about the Red Sox players boycotting today’s spring-training game and the trip to Japan if MLB didn’t pony up the money promised to the coaches and staff for the trip. A lot of people were giving my boys a hard time about this, saying they make enough money to pay the coaches and staff out of their own pockets.
I don’t get that, and maybe it’s just the baby-boomer in me, but why in the hell are fans aiming their vitriole at the players over this? Seems to me their acid comments would be better directed to MLB. The players are only standing up for their friends and fellow staff members and trying to right a wrong.
Okay–bear with me, I promise I do have a point here!–so, I was sent a message on MySpace a few days ago from a Rabid Cassie Edwards Fangirl. She called me a bitch and said the reason I was being so mean to Ms. Edwards is because I’m jealous that Ms. Edwards has sold more books than I have and because her name is more well-known than mine.
That’s true on both counts, Ms. Edwards is better known and has sold more books, but I’m not in the least bit jealous of her. In my opinion, she’s a plagiarist and that makes her a cheat and a thief. I wouldn’t trade places with her for all the money in the world, because regardless of her status as a best-selling author, cheating and stealing are wrong. If that’s what it takes to get ahead in the world, well, count me out.
The thing is…the Red Sox players did exactly what I would’ve done in their shoes. They saw a wrong and were brave enough to stand up and try to make it right–which is all I’m trying to do when I walk into a bookstore and hide all the Cassie Edwards books I can find. It’s my way of righting a wrong and I’ll keep doing it as long as she and her publishers continue to sell her books–see, told you I had a point!
I’m not jealous of Cassie Edwards and/or her money. If anyone does their job and does it well, I think they’re entitled to compensation, but…
if someone lies, cheats, or steals in that job, well…sorry, but that’s wrong. I don’t care if that makes me a jealous bitch in the eyes of some people and really, I think Ms. Edwards, if she ever admits she was wrong to do what she did, might just agree with me.
The ladies over at Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books and Dear Author offer up a special treat for me today; the DA BWAHA Tournament, a March Madness bracket-type contest for the romance lover/sports fan in all of us. Details can be found at either of the sites.
Basketball isn’t my sport, baseball is what does it for me–with a little football thrown in during the off-season–but while I wait for the official start of baseball season and agonize over the fact that my team will be winging their way to Japan today–I’m one of those who believes if God had meant for us to fly, he would’ve given us wings–I can entertain myself and keep my mind off of plane crashes, thanks to the creativeness of the Smart Bitches and Dear Author.
Wow! That was some run-on sentence, wasn’t it? Deep breath…
The thing is…who knew there were so many sports fans out there in Romance Land? I mean, I’ve caught mention of sports–mainly football or soccer–several times on the romance blogs I frequent, but, this just blew me away! If you look at the bracket set-up, it’s obvious SB and DA put a lot of thought into this thing. It’s awesome and should be loads of fun as we wait not so patiently for baseball season to start.
Check it out–before seven pm, EST today. Sorry for the short notice, I’ve been AWOL for the last couple of days working on the blurb for the back cover of Snow Shadows–less than five months till the release!–and excerpts from a couple of my upcoming books which Lisa and Linda at L&L Dreamspell generously offered to add to the back pages–woo-hoo!
To the Red Sox–safe trip!
Update: Deadline for bracket entries has been extended to midnight EST! Details and everything you ever needed to know about DB BWAHA here. Go on, click on it!
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