Some anonymous someone wrote and said that he/her (said person didn’t want to reveal who they were) found it interesting that I’ve spent the week writing about people I don’t care about.

I found that really interesting–and odd.

Aren’t all writers interested in matters of ethics in publishing? Aren’t you interested in whether what Frey did was considered unethical by the folks in publishing? By readers and other writers? And aren’t you interested and curious at the power that Oprah wields?

I am.

And so I write about it. I care about ethics in publishing and I care about how all this will shake down.

The other day I asked a friend–a well-published author, in fact–if she’d been following the Frey fiasco. She said she really hadn’t been but from what she ascertained, The Smoking Gun was just trying to start trouble. This was her opinion after reading headlines.

Headlines. We read headlines and we skim.

I suppose I’ll hear from that anonymous someone who will tell me again how curious they are that I’m still writing about this topic I care nothing about. I just hope he/her/it says who they are this time, so we can have a dialogue. This is part of the problem, you know–so many of us are afraid to say who we are, express our opinions.

It’s easier to remain silent, to not make waves.

Okay, now I must retrieve the L.A. Times from the sidewalk. SFAmylou emailed and said there’s an article about Frey. Talk to you later…