I have neither the time nor the inclination, to be honest. But if there WAS a Mudcat thread specifically dedicated to slagging off, say, your Myspace page, what do you reckon your friends would do? Ignore it? Reckon that you deserved whatever nastiness came your way because you'd put yourself out there? Or come to your defense?

What if the criticism extended beyond your singing and, say, had a dig at what your relationship must be like due to the lyrics of one of your songs? Is that all fair too, because you've put yourself out there by puting your singing on a Myspace page? Is that the same as putting on your sparkles and saying to the world "let me entertain you"?

I didn't actually post to this thread until people who hadn't even read the bloody book decided they were going to wade in regardless, making idiotic judgements based on what others had said. Only in Mudcatland could this be defensible; but apparently if you've had the temerity to get paid for writing a book, you're fair game. Even for people who haven't even bothered to read it.