– We interrupt our regularly scheduled blogging to bring you this important news bulletin –

Her Crankiness is at again. Being all cranky. Refusing to share her chocolate. Again. (That’s actually a good thing if you’re a dog like me. We don’t do chocolate. It’s toxic for us dogs.)

RED ALERT!

Anyway, She Who Must Be Obeyed has an important announcement. It’s for authors. Author wannabes. Publicists. Blog tour coordinators. Publishers. Pretty much anyone who contacts us for a review.

Listen Up!

If you’re one of the above, kindly pay attention. Cuz this is for you. And we’re not gonna repeat ourselves, savvy? So I’d listen up ‘fize you. Here goes:

ATTENTION AUTHORS & REVIEW REQUESTORS!

As noted in our Rating System and Submission Guidelines, you are required to Like, Comment and Share a positive review.  If you are unable or unwilling to do so, THEN DON’T REQUEST A REVIEW.

Mom and I? We spend tons of time combing through review requests and deciding what we will or won’t accept. If a book is accepted, we may spend hours and hours reading it. And more time crafting a brilliant and pithy review.

Huge

It’s a huge investment of time and energy. We don’t charge any fees for reviews. We don’t get a cent for doing this. Not one penny. Our time and talent is free to you, authoroo. 

At Least

So THE LEAST YOU CAN DO is say “thanks” by Liking, Commenting and Sharing the Post Link for a positive review. This not only helps promote your book, it also boosts post visibility. So again:

Required

Liking, Commenting, and Sharing the Link to a positive review is a REQUIREMENT for anyone asking for a review. If you don’t do so within three days of post publication, we will remove the post.

Don’t think we’ll do it? Think again. Here are four recent-ish posts that have been removed because the author(s) failed to adhere to our Like, Comment, and Share requirement outlined above:

Perestroika Percolates With Perspicacity

Memoir Highlights Self-Discovery After Stroke

Professional Joy Spreading and 4 New Ones For Little’Uns

New Devo Surprised Us – Here’s Why

Don’t think we don’t notice. We do. Are we clear?

– We will now return you to our regularly scheduled blogging – 

You’re welcome.