Jennifer McKenzie
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Friday, May 26, 2006
Sent into the ether
I've sent those first 10 pages of "Cold Vengeance" to the agent that she'd reread. The above picture is how I feel about it. It's gone. I may never see the results of it. I have to let it go. Now, of course, I'm totally convinced there's "something wrong" with the first 10 pages. LOL. It just never ends does it.The big news in the blogosphere is the bruhaha about Barbara Bauer. She's an agent who made the "Twenty Worst Agents". You can't make that list unless you're not selling or you're scamming. Check out http://misssnark.blogspot.com. The reasons why Ms. Bauer is on the list is there. It seems that Ms. Bauer is attempting intimidation and threatening legal action for those who discuss this topic. Meanwhile, the blogs are hot with the topic and now (so I understand) if you google "Barbara Bauer", now her agency website is first followed by seven blogs/websites that list her as one of the worst agents. Why is this interesting?
That an agent (or alleged agent) has a hissy when someone puts her on a "worst" list? No.
Because the blogospere has picked up the topic and made it a phenomenon? No surprise here.
Could it be because Absolute Write (the website that posted the list) was dropped by it's ISP? Yes.
"According to Teresa Nielsen Hayden of the Making Light blog Ms Bauer threatened them with legal action. http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/), the web host--a company called JC-Hosting--buckled under the pressure and, without warning, simply pulled down the entire Absolute Write website on May 23, 2006."
This is a quote from another blog about this. This interests me because it makes me wonder. If I hate a book and write that I hate it, can the author sue me and will my isp drop me? Where does this leave political writers and other touchy subjects? Will religion be stifled next? What will be the consequences of an isp dropping a website for content that isn't pornographic, or even libilous really. With this precedence set, will other companies begin to pressure isp's to drop websites that warn us about questionable practices and scams?
Maybe it's not a big deal. In my mind, the question is "Why would JC Hosting drop a client on the say so of a questionable agent?"
Absolute Write will be back in service soon and Barbara Bauer will be out of business in time. My lesson from this? The internet is not as free as it looks. Porn? Sure. Top Twenty Worst Agents? Nooooo. Weird isn't it?
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