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* [[Ray Bradbury]] allegedly provided a brief but memorable example:

{{quote|"A [[Fan Boy|horrible little boy]] came up to me and said, 'You know in your book ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]?'' ' I said, 'Yes?' He said, 'You know where you talk about [[The Red Planet|Deimos rising in the East?]]' I said, 'Yes?' He said '[[Did Not Do the Research|No.]]' -- [[Talk to the Fist|So I hit him.]]"}}

* Jacqueline Howett recently had a spectacular meltdown on Big Al's Books and Pals after he negatively reviewed her book, ''The Greek Seaman.'' Observe in all its glory: http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011/03/greek-seaman-jacqueline-howett.html.

* George R. R. Martin posted [http://grrm.livejournal.com/75053.html another example]. In this case, disgruntled fans of [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] were very [http://grrrm.livejournal.com unhappy] about how long the next book was taking, and complaining about how much his blog was dominated by all other subjects, indicating a lack of work on the book in their minds. Some fans were also worried because the next book has, depending on your point of view, been in the works for either five years or nine (having been originally started as half of the fourth book, which began in 2001), and fears of an [[Author Existence Failure]] are pretty common after the death of [[The Wheel of Time|Robert Jordan]]. His reply? An embed of the song, "Garden Party". ''"You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself..."'' Some thought it was hilarious, some got pissed off, nothing was accomplished.

* [[Fern Michaels]] has a website where one of the features involves contacting her and sending an email to her about your opinions. For example, if you send her an email pointing out flaws and questionable values in the ''Sisterhood'' series, then you will most likely get the following response, word for word:

{{quote|To answer your questions>>>>> I write what I do because I can. This is fiction. If you don't like my writing why did you continue to read the series? Oh, that's right, because they were entertaining. I rest my case. Characters are human just like the rest of us mortals. Again, this is fiction. I make it a point to never defend my writing because . . . I write fiction. Fiction is make believe, in other words, it's whatever the author wants to make it. Thank you for taking the time to write and offer your opinions and your insight. FM}}

{{quote|"Well, [[Sarcasm Mode|hate to break it to you]] but ''[[War Is Hell|that's how it works in real life]]'' an if you can't accept that then please, kindly ''[[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids|grow the f**k up."]]'') }}

* Masterfully deployed by [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] in his introduction to the second edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'':