I Was Reviewed by Ask And Ye Shall Receive

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Holy sheee-it, I submitted my blog for a review I got a rare and coveted "I Fucking Love You" award!!

As a pleasant bonus, my reviewer gave big-ups to blogs from Toronto, Canada in general.

And to make things ever more overwhelming, I got quoted (in a good way) over at Ryan Lawson's blog. Then to top that all off with a big creamy dollop of "Good morning, sunshine" I find out Ryan is Scottish. And has strong arms. Help.

I'll try not to gloat.

About my review: I received the review and award from Bitter Mistress, that elegant taskmaster, that be-fishnetted femme fatale at Ask And Ye Shall Receive. Well, to be honest, I got two of the awards from Her…but I don't wanna ring my own bell too long about that...I am actually still shaking my head in awe and disbelief at the huge ego inflation I'm experiencing. The Mistress never gives two of these awards, and will rarely give even the usual one.

I've been in Halifax for a week, and while there I played more than six hundred rounds of battle in Soul Calibre, the Playstation fighting game. I kicked almost everyone's asses to the floor with my 4'8" fifteen-year-old fighter, Talim. But there was a British dominatrix fighter named Ivy who keeps popping into my mind today, back home in T.O., as I ponder my boon of self-actualization.

At the risk of sounding sappy, I respect the writing at AAYSR, and the notched riding crop by which they measure quality, and feel I've benefited a great deal by simply reading their work. This review I've gotten is really just such a wholehearted acknowledgement of something that feels really important to a writer. I don't want to hide my silly pleasure at all this.

Ask And Ye Shall Receive

Yes, I submitted my blog to Ask And Ye Shall Receive, that labour of love where righteous reviewers rate blogs under microscopic scrutiny - a fair, but no-nonsense, and stinging bottom-line. I've been avidly reading the posts and comments there since I discovered it about a month ago. Lurking. Spewing with mirth at some of the most colorful spittings of the scorned I've ever come across. To wit:

Let me give you a little tip: when I'm reading a blog that has multiple colors of text, I get completely distracted and have to start over. And frankly, no author is so fucking fascinating that I'd read a post 15 times, even if it was how you fucked 15 guys in 2 hours while snorting coke off your mother's ass before you picked up your daughter from preschool. It just pisses me off and makes me want to stab you in the fucking eye.
-Bitter Mistress

Yes, the blogosphere can be a beautiful thing.

I have gleaned lots of good advice on blog writing, just by reading what everyone has to say about it and by the way they express themselves over there. Despite my gleaning, I thought I might get two stars. I was even prepared for the "Meh" rating, or the somehow more biting poser rating:




Positive feedback from Bitter Mistress about my writing is kinda like getting a big slab of white-icing-with-orange-m&m's cake (real cake - the birthday kind) when you had your mouth open for the cod liver oil. Or a slow, feathery tickle when you were bent over for the paddle.

I know I'm in a huge learning curve.

People, y'all don't know how scary it can be submitting to these guys. Here's a hint - and beware ye who seeketh to ask for what thou wanteth to receiveth – the address to Ask And Ye Shall Receive is:

iwillfuckingtearyouapart.blogspot.com.

Did you get that? Not for the faint of heart.

But from what I have read there, the turning you out is worth the claw marks. You will learn.

You can read the review by Bitter Mistress here.

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