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What is it with sci-fi names? asphodeline mentioned this the other day and I admit that it's something that gets up my nose. Don't give your characters names I can't pronounce because I will skim over their name for the entire book and not empathise with them!!

Things that annoy me part 23: People who stop in the middle of an aisle in a supermarket.

I have to praise Media Fire for their swift action yesterday – I was informed that Standish was being offered free online so I asked Media Fire to take it down, and they did, within 2 hours. Of course, the scumbag put it back up again (and if I find out that DMOONEY is anyone I know there will be trouble) almost immediately, but a swift email to Media Fire had it taken down again within 20 minutes.

While there is a limited amount we authors can do, because it’s like chopping off the hydra’s heads one at a time, we can encourage our publishers to change things, and in future I will not be handing out PDF files willy-nilly, that’s for sure. There is no PDF file of Transgressions (well, there IS, obviously, but I don’t have one) – and while this restricts me from asking many online review sites to give a review, it’s a little bit safer as the file isn’t being sent everywhere. Of course, you can never stop anyone scanning your book in page by page and making their own PDF, but people will always find a way, in the end!

And on a not entirely unrelated note, why is it that the most opinionated people object so strongly to other people having opinions?

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