I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
Thanks to Agent A for sniffing this one out. By request, I'm posting. I'll need a shower after reading this much of this woman's opinion. This is going to be another long one, so after the page cut.
First, she names and shames a reviewer:
Uh-huh. Don't worry. Not all of humanity is crazy about you, either. I'm not after this post. So first of all, she shames people who like erotica (I'm sure she wouldn't approve of dinoporn or robot porn. Fuck that. Dinolovin' and robotlovin' are awesome!) Secondly, she demands that Amazon take down a review she doesn't like just because she doesn't like how the reviewer wrote the review. Thirdly, she names and shames, and even if she hadn't, she made it clear who wrote the review.
She also shows up on the review:
Because she read your book and didn't like? Neither did I, but I didn't pay for it.
Also, this:
Apparently I wrote that before, and forgot about her. But, yeah, she just rubs me the wrong, wrong way.
But then again, Karen S. Bell is *special*. She writes well! She tells us so!
Either you love her work or don't get it. Because her work is brilliant.
I don't even understand what would be nice. If her friend joined Facebook? Just to friend Karen, or promote her book? What? What does her friend joining Facebook have to do with expecting anything in return? I feel like I'm being punked right now.
Here she bitches about yet someone else. Taking her personal grudges public? So classy.
Here she bitches about everything, from the fact that no one wants to read her crappy books, to the fact that everyone else - readers, touring companies, and review sites - want to screw her over.
It's so bad she's begging for readers and reviewers. At least twice on her blog alone. She has to do it herself; everyone else is a dirty, rotten thief according to her.
See? Everything is a scam. Publisher's Weekly, even. And it has to be a scam because her brilliance wasn't chosen for select. And it's brilliant!
First of all, robots are sexy. (Just like my robot porn.) Secondly, you can see how her taking grudges public? It's a habit with her.
Just self-publishing. This is why you need editors and professionals. The same ones you just shat all over. If by 'this crap' you mean your writing? Yes, yes, it is hard to take.
Here she bitches about people who haven't downloaded it for free, just because they showed initial interest. Angry and bitter today? Only if today means everyday in your world!
Here she goes into great detail about Real Housewives of New Jersey, which she actually talks about a lot.
Here she admits it's junk, that it's an addiction, and that it's 'becoming trashy'. Yet she watches it, as it's her guilty pleasure. And yeeeet... She's shamed people for reading erotica, and I have more proof of that. She also condemns people who watch shows if she doesn't agree with the morals, and blamed reality TV for the downfall of civilization. You've seen a little bit of this.
Here you go, enjoy the rest and the last of it.
That's right! You enjoy your sexuality the way *she* thinks is proper, or else you're a bitch, and she'll slut shame you!
And again, she shames people for reading erotica, and being sluts, and enjoying sexy-times, especially those she considers poorly written. (Unlike her romances, keep in mind!)
Reality TV sucks! Except when she's watching something about New Jersey, or housewives, apparently.
And she manages to slut shame at least twice, shame people for their kinks, and put down mainstream publishing and people who read anything not up to her standards. I checked out Awesome Indies, by the way, and wasn't impressed. I won't be buying any of those author's works, because I distrust the site after the way Bell promoted it, though.
Also, scat makes me want to run. I get the whole 'ew, scat' thing on a personal level. But to say that people are crawling around in sewers for enjoying it? If you enjoy pooping on someone, or getting pooped on, more power to you for knowing what you want! Enjoy the hell out of that! Hell, if you're brave enough to admit it, I'll own up to admiring you greatly for that fact.
Just beware. Karen S. Bell will be waiting around the corner, to wag her finger at you and slut shame you.