Pardon me while a wee bit of me Irish comes out. I found this petition through Ann Rice’s Facebook Fan Page and will definitely sign it. I encourage you to do the same,
in support of authors who have been bullied by trolls who have nothing better
to do than to downgrade the work of an author who had spent countless hours
writing, re-writing, and editing a book
that they had the insurmountable courage to upload to Amazon.
To be an author, one places a part of his/her soul onto a
virtual carousel for all to enjoy. But,
for some, it becomes a chopping block where pieces of their book are ripped and
torn, nit-picked and spewed upon by the vicious opinions of those who dare not
reveal their true identities. Although I
have received such one-star blotches, I have not been stalked (yet) by these despicable
monsters as some in this article have.
This hatred has to stop!
Click HERE to join the thousands of others who have signed the petition
to end this type of cyber bullying.
As my Irish ire grew while penning this post, I found myself
writing a poem that sums up my perception of why these people are compelled to review
with anonymous animosity. While the poem
is somewhat funny, it in no way diminishes the severity of the anguish that
trolls inflict on others. If anything, it brings those evildoers down to size.
To truly feel the essence of the limerick, you must recite
it in your best Irish accent.
