A few open letters

Dear Complete Stranger Who Felt the Need to Email Me to Complain about the Recent Content of my Blog,

I appreciate your input. I am aware that my blog covers a variety of topics, from publishing information and advice, to personal stories, to Veronica Mars recaps. I am also aware that people come to the blog for different reasons. A lot of the visitors are writers, some are readers, and a few are actually personal friends who I don’t get to see often enough and keep tabs on me like this. Some folks are just here for giveaways. I know that not everyone is pleased by the same topics, so it is fortunate that they aren’t paying anything to read the blog, and that I am not counting on hits to generate revenue. The only thing I can guarantee is that I’ll post on topics that interest me.

And though it would be lovely to imagine that everyone who comes to this blog is both a huge fan of me and a huge fan of my books, I know that this is not very probable. I visit blogs of writers whose books I’ve never read and don’t plan to, and writers of books I’ve tried to read and haven’t gotten into, though I really like their blogs and their personalities. There are writers with blogs that offend me deeply, but I still like their novels. I assume that I am not alone in this practice. It would be hypocritical of me not to be cool with it.

So yeah, I think it’s probably likely that there are blog readers who do not want to have a copy of my ARC. I’ll spot them this one lapse in taste.

Love,
Diana

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Dear ABC,

Thank you so much for making your full episodes available online. Those of us without television really appreciate being able to watch Ugly Betty before it comes out on DVD. I never would have gotten into that show if it weren’t for your lovely website, and now I watch it every week… online. Keep up the good work!

Love,
Diana

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Dear Scott Westerfeld,

What would one have to do to secure an advanced copy of Extras? Pretty please? Should I attempt a letter-writing campaign to Simon & Schuster? Persuade you through an interpretative dance entitled “Ecoterrorists a go-go?” I am told I make a mean lasagna, and though I’d never tried a vegetarian version before, I’d be willing to give it a try…for you. I’m pretty sure inventing a hoverboard is a bit beyond my skills.

Let me know.

Love,
Diana

P.S. Tell Justine thanks for the Ginger Snaps recommendation. Words cannot express its level of fawesomeness, not even the ones you made up. Adolescent feminist retellings of the werewolf legend? Cool. Plus, it had Cute Boy God in it.
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Dear Fans of Secret Society Girl,

As you may know, I have just received a shipment of ARCs for Under the Rose, which is now available for pre-order at Amazon. I was writing this quiz to post on my blog in order to give away a copy, and in the process I realized that one of my “wrong” answers would actually be a completely awesome plot development for one of the future books. So thank you for inspiring me to brainstorm.

Unfortunately, it means that I had to scrap the quiz, since now it would be a spoiler. So there’s no giveaway in this post. Sorry.

You can still enter the ARC giveaway in Monday’s post. If you’re into that sort of thing.

Love,
Diana