More nail-chewing

Apparently KIRKUS has reviewed DRAGON'S TEETH, but I haven't seen the results. They seemed less than thrilled with DRAGON'S EYE. Hope for better luck this time.

Faith-based internet

One thing I keep trying to remember, after seeing rude comments fly back and forth in re Ellison. Another person got tromped for reserving judgment, prior to Ellison's public confession and maybe-penitence. And I reminded myself -- I do not know these people. I have no personal evidence on whether what they have posted is truth or fiction.

I have "known" some of you readers for a period of nearly a decade, without ever knowing your real names or having any proof that you even exist outside of some shadow's imagination*. Anything, anything at all, that you post could be a total fabrication.

I know a _lot_ of people who get paid for inventing stories out of thin air. I admit quite freely that I tell lies for fun and profit.

And I've given up on a certain usenet group because someone has made a habit of posting with forged identities. It ain't that hard.

So, don't believe everything you read on the internet. Okay? Wait for evidence?

*Perhaps Sailor Jim's sixteen-year-old with perky breasts living somewhere in New Jersey.

Kirkus excerpt

"The characterizations are quite vivid, and the central conceit solid enough, but Hetley shows little interest in making his story cohere. Quite forgettable in the end, but readers will likely come back for more, thanks to the author's well-rendered characters."

Thus doth The Reviewer make fools of us all.