{"id":5193,"date":"2007-06-07T08:28:44","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T08:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shilohwalker.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/07\/guest-blogby-sybil\/"},"modified":"2007-06-07T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T08:28:44","slug":"guest-blogby-sybil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2007\/06\/guest-blogby-sybil\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog&#8230;by Sybil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>editor&#8217;s note&#8230;yes, I asked Sybil if she wanted to guest blog.\u00a0 Yes, I told her she could do almost anything.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t give her many restrictions and actually, for Sybil, she behaved rather well.\u00a0 I mean&#8230; this IS <a href=\"http:\/\/redwyne.com\">Sybil<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hope you all enjoy the guest blogs. I officially go on vacation today\u00a0but I may drop in when I can.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some of you all might have seen my call for guest bloggers.\u00a0 My rules were pretty simple, no outright promo, no personal attacks and no hot spots.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And yes, knowing Sybil&#8230;I feel the need to do a disclaimer.\u00a0 The guest blogs reflect the thoughts and opinions of those individual guests.\u00a0 While I may or may not agree, it&#8217;s their opinion and they are entitled to them.\u00a0 Everybody please remember that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Top Ten Reasons Rabid Fangrrls can be Bad for an Author<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">sez a reader<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">10. Listening to someone tell you how wonderful you are all the time, makes it really easy to begin to believe your own press.\u00a0 LKH anyone?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">9.\u00a0 They scare the normal fans away and keep them from trying your books for fear that path leads to madness.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">8.\u00a0 Things can be funny the first time, the second maybe even the third time but by the time you get to the 10000 in-joke being explained to the 200000 newest member, it just isn&#8217;t funny anymore.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">7.\u00a0 The rabid breed more rabid&#8230; before you know it you will be in your own Stephen King movie.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">6.\u00a0 Speaking of King&#8230; Misery anyone?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">5.\u00a0 While you are off writing your book, one never knows what the rabid could be off doing and\u00a0like an extremist group\u00a0off doing crazy things in god&#8217;s name, they are doing it\u00a0in yours.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">4.\u00a0 Would your name look good tattooed on someones ass?\u00a0 <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">3.\u00a0 Much like they keep new fans from trying your books, rabid fans annoy normal fans so much they often will drift away from you or start mocking\u00a0because it is just too easy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">2.\u00a0 Being surrounded by nothing but happy, happy, joy, joy all the time can make even constructive critism seem harsh.\u00a0 <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">1.\u00a0Over exposure to the rabid can lead to marrying your fan club pres.\u00a0 Do I really need to explain why that is bad?<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Saying all that, I completely think fangrrls are a good thing.\u00a0 And any author needs them to hit the many different lists.\u00a0 And rabid fangrrls, well they need love too.\u00a0 Just be careful&#8230; and you know&#8230; don&#8217;t get to close *eg*<\/p>\n<p class=\"ea\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ea\"><span><font color=\"#888888\">Sybil Cook<br \/>\nThe Good, The Bad and The Unread<br \/>\n<\/font><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redwyne.com\/\"><font color=\"#0000cc\">http:\/\/redwyne.com\/<\/font><\/a><br \/>\n<font color=\"#888888\">Romantic Advances<br \/>\n<\/font><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/romanticadvances.com\/\"><font color=\"#888888\">http:\/\/romanticadvances.com\/ <\/font><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>editor&#8217;s note&#8230;yes, I asked Sybil if she wanted to guest blog.\u00a0 Yes, I told her she could do almost anything.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t give her many<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2007\/06\/guest-blogby-sybil\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guest Blog&#8230;by Sybil&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10161045129738658_54762468447":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-bloggers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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