I've got a ton of work to get done mainly typing up handwritten notes - handwriting is an effective way to break writer's block I've found), so I really shouldn't be blogging right now. However, once or twice a year I get a random insult from someone I don't know, related to my website or something I've posted somewhere else. I've been pretty good about not attracting hate mail since I stopped baiting creationists about evolution online ten years ago.

Today I got a text message (well, it went to whoever has my old AZ phone number, I got the CCd email):

Having read your work I can see you are a mental giant, interesting you're an emotional midget.

Well, this was too vague to pass up. I thought it might refer to my earlier post about the "novel", but I wasn't sure. The message came complete with a valid email address, so I responded:

[name removed],

it's interesting that you've chosen to insult me via text message, without any reference to what in particular has set you off. I hope this is in reference to my fiction writing. If so, I am glad I have engaged you enough to provoke such a strong response. It is entirely my intention as a writer to make people think and feel strongly. But I do caution you from confusing authors with characters. Stephen King is not the clown from IT (no matter how creepy the author may be in real life).

If this is not in reference to my writing, then you are an intolerant, rude, small-minded individual. I sincerely hope your life gets better with time, and hold no ill feelings towards you. At the very least, I hope that you learn to write you insults with greater depth of detail, and develop the temerity to publish them in a public format.

take care,
Katharine

Was that bad of me? :-) I wonder if he'll notice the sarcasm.