The other day, a friend of mine informed me of strange doings on my Amazon pages.  Checking the site, I discovered five reviews of my books, all one star, all by the same person – SevenTimesSeven – all nasty and dismissive.  In fact, with a single exception, they were essentially the same review put up repeatedly.  It was a blatant attempt to lower my overall ratings. I was puzzled for a moment, but not for long.  On the same date that appears on the reviews, I had a run-in over AT e-mail with a woman indignant about a blog item from a particular writer.  She at first posed only as a concerned citizen, but as events proved, it seems that she fancies herself to be something of an LGBT activist, doing what LGBT activists do best.   I gave her a straightforward answer.  Needless to say, that didn’t work, and the exchange grew a little heated.  Eventually, she gave up – as is usually the case – and...(Read Full Post)