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The way to destroy a professional veneer.

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The hot post of the moment is still hot. It even caused me to turn comment moderation on for this blog, which it hadn't had before. In fact, I even saved a copy of the page in case any of those who left comments get some sense in their heads and come back to delete.

What in the world possesses supposedly professional writers and publishers to act like a bunch of monkeys on a dung heap?

We have writers who can't write/spell/use paragraphs. We have a publisher insulting writers and daring them to sue him. We have snipers hiding behind anonymity.

Monkeys.

Dung heap.

And, I might point out, very likely newbies. Only a person who hasn't been online much would be foolish enough to leave comments like that on a blog, name attached and all. Just do a Google search on Airleaf Publishing and see what comes up. In just a few days, those who left their names will also bring Google searches here, and therein lies the sad truth: what you write on the web does matter and will be found and it can hurt your professional veneer.

Veneer being the key word.

These people are like monkeys on a dung heap, throwing their outraged writerly crap at each other. I can't say that enough. Unbelievable.

Take your grievances to a less public realm, or handle yourself in a factual, controlled manner. That's my advice for today. That, and do a save a screenshot of web pages which contain material that can come back and haunt someone. You never know when I'll be needing a new car.

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