Snarky, Smug, Sarcastic, Obnoxious, Toad

I've come up with more nicknames for myself.

In a way, I live in my own little world. And, to be honest, I like it that way. I don't hide the covers of my books--I read romance, you don't like that? That's your problem, it shows your narrowmindedness (if this isn't a word, it should be) not mine.

Why do we crave validation? Not only in the reading of romance but what authors we read or choose not to read? I understand why we do it with books and authors we love, it makes us feel good when other people read what we've loved and it give us something in common, a bond that we can talk about enthusiastically. Rabid fangirls have a tendency to take this to the extreme, and as long as it doesn't effect me and what I read, I shouldn't care.

I realized this morning I take perverse pleasure in seeing someone agree with me when it comes to authors I don't like, especially authors with rabid fangirl followings. I guess this is the snarky, smug, sarcastic, obnoxious toad in me. It's a bit of a relief that I'm admitting this, kind of like going to confession. I've become rabid anti-fangirl, who likes to poke fun at these readers and authors. This is not nice behavior and I need to work on this in the future, well, maybe I'll think about working on it--LOL, no really I need to work on this.

Authors and readers want more respect and yet don't we validate who they are, what they write and what we read by the sheer volume of sales out there? I've seen the RWA numbers they're darned good. I'm sure if you ask horror, mystery, fantasy... authors and readers about respect, they're not happy either. None of this matters. Those that look down their superior noses at us are the clueless ones, not us.

Read what you like, even if it's trashy romance novels. I for one love a good trashy romance. Because if I really thought it was trash, I wouldn't be reading it.

Have a good one, and happy reading.

Tara