Tag: Rant

Don’t Give Your MC a Puppy

~ M.A. Kropp

Unless you know what you are writing about. Yes, this post is about things that bug me when I am reading. In this particular case, the MC of the story has a puppy. Without going into details, they didn't want a puppy. They didn't go out looking to get a puppy. The puppy ended up … Continue reading Don’t Give Your MC a Puppy

Why Is It Always “Pit Bulls”?

~ M.A. Kropp

This is going to be a bit of a rant. Sorry, not sorry. Because this is something that just gets under my skin. We were watching our set of TV shows last week, and on two- yeah, TWO- of them, they leaned on the "mean, aggressive pit bull" trope. On one, the Good Guys were … Continue reading Why Is It Always “Pit Bulls”?

Monday Musings: Organizing and Some Clean-Up, and Super Bowl Sunday (With Rant).

~ M.A. Kropp

I spent the last two days of last week organizing. First, I did some cleaning up and gathering of files on my computer. And got all the files off the thumb drive that I'd put there when something happened and we thought I might lose them, but I have no recollection right now what that … Continue reading Monday Musings: Organizing and Some Clean-Up, and Super Bowl Sunday (With Rant).

Monday Musings: “Your Books Are So Good, I Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Them.”

~ M.A. Kropp ~ 171 Comments

This happened to an author of my acquaintance. She got an email from a "fan" and the gist of it was this: Dear Ms. Author. I really like your books. I think they are well-written and I enjoyed reading them. (So far, so good, right? Hang on.) However, I have returned them all because you … Continue reading Monday Musings: “Your Books Are So Good, I Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Them.”