Gice I think it is fine. It is essentially a 3 star review and I did have craft weaknesses. And they said positive things. And they said quotable things that were actually more quotable than the last review. "Delightfully eccentric." Ok. I'm just not an old 60 year old with crystals in her house.

I mean is it okay that I am blogging like this? I think I am wrong about the motives to choose to frame me as a weirdo.  I think they just have five levels of words from positive to neutral and negative, and for the last review, endearing would be a 5 level word and I was at 4 so they said odd. For my character.

And then this time, they are going to reserve a possible way of seeing imaginary mice as unsual and not "clever." "creative." "full of ideas." "imaginative." Maybe "alarming" slipped their attention.  "suspicious." "concerning." "incriminating."

I think the issue now is I just don't feel good because I did not sleep well. Or honestly maybe I am questioning my questioning and regret my stance.  But really I am glad I left a message. I just think they made their choice and backed it up at the cost of some truth.  And that is the wrong direction when people are paying for it. I mean God forbid you compliment someone too much on their novel. Like it isn't compromising a whole industry.  That's where they say okay now you see we have other loyalties to consider.  Well I'll bet you do.

I mean honestly they might have seen my mission to teens and felt like you know what, Refried Bean made a narration mistake, like maybe they were joining in my little approachable approach. And yet I have to say too much time was spent sharing that juicy gossip with no mention of the attributes that would have justified a star if they really wanted to get behind something cool and original.