A HALLOWEEN PARTY WITH SOME ADDED BONUS ANTISEMITISM
But on the plus side, my book is selling
I went to a party Saturday night. I didn’t get laid, I got in a fight, uh huh.
But while I didn’t make it into a big thing while I was in the room, I did make a video about it that’s gotten nearly 340K views on Twitter and about 1000 on TikTok (because I can’t seem to get out of the Algorithm Hinterlands over there).
Watch, then we’ll discuss.
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So, yeah.
I thought about making a big scene for a hot second, but it wasn’t my house and I didn’t want to hear what he might say in his defense. My instincts proved correct.
Ah, the old “I have a Jewish friend” line, which always never works.
Steve is now never going to be invited back to that house, and I have no worries about ever running into him again because he doesn’t even live in Portland.
The responses on social media were almost all supportive, including a lovely tweet from Holland Taylor.
But the few negatives were…something. One guy told me to “stop tying my identity to my religion” (I don’t, you’re confusing religion with heritage). A woman who claimed to also be Jewish tried to make it like Steve was just flirting and I chose to leave. Insulting a Jewish woman’s nose isn’t the key to her heart, and the mere suggestion said multitudes about her self-esteem.
One gross MAGA guy came for me and said “Well, it IS a pretty crooked nose” then left a one-star review for my book on Amazon, so if you can take a moment to rectify that by visiting the page for The Sound Of Settling and give it a 4/5 star rating to bring it back up, I’d appreciate it.
Speaking of The Sound of Settling, I’ve sold 277 copies as of October 30th, with nearly 9000 pages read on Amazon Kindle. I feel like that’s an impressive number, right? Plus the reviews are just knocking me out.
They all say the same thing over and over: “I couldn’t put it down!” “I had to stay up to finish it!” “I want to see the movie/streaming series/sequel.” Just today, I got a tweet from someone who said they started it last night at 8 and looked up to see it was already 11:30. Another asked me what she was supposed to read when she finishes this one because I don’t have another book ready to go for her to read.
I can’t think of a better compliment for a writer than “I couldn’t stop reading your book” except maybe, “Hi, I have a successful production company and I want to option your book.”
I don’t know how to go viral in a good way, but I do know how to ask people who read this to please buy and share the book with other people who still read.
Except Steve. Fuck that guy. He doesn’t deserve my book.
Ewwwww! What a weirdo! Glad you're strong, girl. You handled this well. He's a douche. Fuck Steve. (BTW, your book is amazing I'm zooming through it.) Also, it's not really the same thing, but one time I was chatting with this guy at a party at my beloved friend's house, so I assumed he was cool. We hit it off (as friends only, I'm happily married) and he seemed like he might be a good contact in LA, both in finance. We arranged to meet for a drink a week later, and he suggested the Luxe Hotel on Sunset, which I'm familiar with being one of my bff's fave spots for drinks. So I get there before him and I notice Fox News is on the TV in the bar, which has never happened, people mingling all around for some conference. I soon realize it's a fucking MAGA conference, for finance and banking types. So I bolt and I text the guy saying I have no interest in being friends. He was like, I don't hold it against you that you're Democrat. I literally said FUCK OFF TRAITOR! and blocked him on my phone. Ha ha!! I crack myself up. Anyway, point being, beautiful gorgeous Tara, these guys are psychos. They act like they're normal and charming to suck you in. Then they reveal that they are really the creepiest of creeps!
On behalf of all the sweet, sensitive, cool Steves in the world, I wish to point out that THIS particular Steve is an outlier. My son is a Steven, often called "Steve," and he is a sweetheart. He would NEVER say such a thing to any woman. Oh, yeah, and he's getting married to a beautiful lady next year. But he STILL would not say such a thing to anyone.
Now, about that particular heinous individual.. we all have to remember that thoughtless, callous, insensitive slime oozes around everywhere. It's hard to ID at first, but it will eventually come out with something just as heinous as that particular individual. Now that it has been identified and properly ostracized, we shall - in the immortal words of the skeleton leader in "Army of Darkness" - sally forth!
You got this, chica, and you ARE a strong, vital, beautiful woman who can weather this with the grace and aplomb your fans have come to expect. <3 HUGS!!!