Woot, Sox!

Welcome. I'm a veteran of haunting bricks and mortar bookstores: facing Buffista books out on the shelves, talking enthusiastically to a friend about a Buffista book where we'll be overheard by browsers, if a book isn't apparent, asking about it in person--"We can have it sent from another store." and by phone--"No thank you, birthday party this afternoon and it was to be a gift (stock the book, dummy)" etc., etc., after pre-ordering multiple copies on Amazon to get numbers up, planning Christmas and birthday and other occasion gifts of books.

The Kindle has sort of obsoleted those skills. I need to learn new ones. And also, I R dum--what is BCS?

Welcome. I'm a veteran of haunting bricks and mortar bookstores: facing Buffista books out on the shelves, talking enthusiastically to a friend about a Buffista book where we'll be overheard by browsers, if a book isn't apparent, asking about it in person--"We can have it sent from another store." and by phone--"No thank you, birthday party this afternoon and it was to be a gift (stock the book, dummy)" etc., etc., after pre-ordering multiple copies on Amazon to get numbers up, planning Christmas and birthday and other occasion gifts of books.

You are a book fairy godmother.

kindle has hanged all that.

Not entirely - bookstores are still hugely important, ditto for reviews online. And even more so, word of mouth. It's hard for a book to stay afloat without it.

BCS ?

An online SFF magazine called beneath ceaseless skies - Topaz is free there, along with many other excellent short stories.

Yay Sox! Can't wait to read it!

I also bought Gud's book on my kindle and will be reading it this weekend. Buffista authors are indeed the best.

There are similar rumblings from time to time in Crime Fiction, that women, in particular(esp. Sara Paretsky, whom I love, and who sells many books regardless) get too political. But it's part of the tradition of crime fiction, unless you just want characters doing blow off a taut stripper's ass, in every story. But I still think it's ridiculous that chest-beating Manly Men, allegedly aware of the power of language, call themselves any "Puppies". Manly has gotten sad since Dashiell Hammett I guess. I haven't seen an "acronym problem" that major since Zadie Smith made up a terrorist group named "KEVIN"

But I still think it's ridiculous that chest-beating Manly Men, allegedly aware of the power of language, call themselves any "Puppies".

IKR I think it's supposed to represent some sort of self-awareness, but it just comes across as Really?!

Clearly, we are just humorless females who don't get the hilarity.

Found Topaz, Sox. Should I read it before Jewel, or does it matter?

So they are courting the derisive mocking laughter, Dana? Okie dokie!

Actually, I do find it worth a laugh, just probably not the type they prefer.