Logic Fails

No word yet on whether or not Carroll Bryant will accept our challenge, but he took the time to write another long-winded post mostly about things he has already discussed. We swear this guy sounds like a broken record. He thinks we are Jude, Amanda, Gen, Jon, John, and anyone else he can pull out of his magic hat whenever he wakes up in the morning. He's so concerned about us that he hasn't stopped posting about us yet, even though we are a small fry.

We have a few things to share. Let's start by going through his "evidence" that we are Gen, Amanda, Jude, etc. that he has revealed thus far. A new comment on one of his posts states the following:

We are glad that the anonymous commenter pointed out Carroll's lack of logic with the post GenXpose made on their blog. We weren't going to speak up about that particular comment because frankly, they do a damn good job of speaking up for themselves. It was obvious to anyone with a 5th grade level of reading comprehension that GenXpose was referring to their own blog, not the other blog. It was a real stretch to try to connect GenXpose to a blog that hasn't updated since August, 2012.

We were curious what this other blog had said previously about Carroll, so went hunting for it and this is what we found. 

http://hippiesbeautyandbooksohmy.blogspot.com/2012/07/important-site-update-review-policy.html

http://hippiesbeautyandbooksohmy.blogspot.com/2012/07/protecting-yourself-from-internet.html

The first link discusses their change in review policy. Many bloggers last year changed their review policy mostly because of Carroll Bryant, so that isn't anything concerning or new.

The second link goes to an informative post about internet safety and it does reference Carroll Bryant. It was posted around the same time that most of the other bloggers were creating posts about him, so again, nothing very surprising. We are going to guess that Carroll thinks we are this blogger because this post mentions using an alias. That's a stretch. A quick Google search will bring up dozens and dozens of pages that suggest using an alias to protect your identity.

Let's recap what Carroll's logic is so far:

- Jude and Carroll had a breakup of some sort, so now every time someone says something about him, Jude must be behind it.

- GenXpose used a screen cap of something that Carroll said and then she referenced her own blog (the one she/he was typing on), but according to Carroll, GenXpose must have been talking about the other blog because that came first. Confused? So are we. We think it's a reading comprehension problem.

-Hippies, Beauty, and Books. Oh My! created a post about internet safety and referenced how important it is to use an alias, so Carroll thinks because we use an alias, we must be Amanda. Or GenXpose. Or Jude. Or...hell, maybe we are all of them.

 - If you disagree with Carroll on his blog he assumes that you must be one of his arch enemies that he has created in his mind. If you agree, he will give you a hug and tell you how nice and sweet you are. Surprise, surprise.

- Mepis is Amanda's husband, Jon, and since he posted on GenXpose's site before, he and Amanda must really be running that blog.

The lack of logic is astounding. It makes our brains hurt. How do you go through life being that clueless? Now the best/most pathetic part about Carroll's whole post is that he compared us to (get ready for it) Hitler. Yes, that Hitler. The one who tried to conquer Europe and killed  approximately 6 million Jews. No comment. It's just too stupid for words. Then, not only does he bring in Hitler, but God, too. His preachy message of "God is watching you!" made us roll our eyes. When a person doesn't have anything left to say, apparently they turn to Hitler and God to back them up. This guy is a bad joke.

*What is your hang up with cats, dude? Did one of them bite you or scratch the hell out of you or what? Don't you know that the internet loves cats? You know about Justin Bieber, but you don't know the Grumpy Cat meme? We feel sorry for you because Grumpy Cat is awesome.

Sales Rankings

What you see above is a screen grab of a recent comment made on Carroll Bryant's blog. Besides the fact that Carroll and his herd of sheep are still naming the wrong people (most likely in a lame attempt to get us to say who we really are), we are called jealous. Let's take a look at Carroll's so-called success so we can see what we are supposed to be jealous of, shall we?

The follow screen grabs are from Novel Rank and they show what Carroll has been able to sell on Amazon, or lack thereof:

As you can see, the last book that was sold on Amazon was Year of the Cat 32 days ago. Three of the four books by Carroll Bryant were last purchased 208-216 days ago.

Success can be a tricky thing to define and it isn't always defined by monetary means. If we were authors, we would hope that we would have some sort of success beyond selling a book, maybe, once a year. We certainly aren't saying that self-published/independent authors cannot have successful sales. Just look at Jessica Sorenson and her books; they are doing wonderfully. However, when your writing has as many problems as Carroll's, it is no surprise that his sales are few and far between.

When you badger bloggers, make an ass out of yourself and conduct yourself in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner, make wild claims about people you perceive as your enemy, name people who do not know you and have not interacted with you, it is no surprise that this author's sales are almost non-existent.

So no, Carroll, none of us here are jealous of you.

Challenge

In our last post we came up with a challenge for Carroll Bryant since he is so big on having evidence and facts to back everything up. In case he doesn't see it, which he will because he obsessively stalks our blog and gives us a ton of hits, we are putting it here.

Challenge:

You claim the bloggers you listed in The List came to you and asked you if they could have books for free in exchange for an honest review and/or interview.

We would like to see screen shots of proof that these interactions took place from every blogger that you listed. If you need a reminder of who you listed, here you go:

You demand evidence from everyone else, so now is your chance to show us proof. Concrete proof. Not emails from Jude speaking for anyone. We want screen shots of interactions with those specific bloggers. Bonus points if you can show where they actually accepted offers.

Can't wait to see it!

*This challenge does not negate the fact that bloggers are not required to review books that are sent to them, regardless if there was a promise made. You as an author should have known this and acted in a professional manner.

Eating Your Own Words

Don't you hate it when you forget all of the lies you have told people? It can be difficult to keep everything straight when a situation has been occurring for almost a year.

Today on Carroll Bryant's Looking Glass Blog, he practically begged us to post evidence of our claims that he never sent books out to the list of bloggers he tried to name and shame over the summer last year.

We get it, Carroll. Back when all of this began, it must have been so hard to keep your stories straight when you were spamming every blog that made commentary of your behavior. So here is an interesting comment made by Carroll on The Runaway Pen's post, The Strange Case of Carroll Bryant:

We don't know how much clearer you could have made it, Carroll. You didn't send out books to these bloggers. Let's not forget that most of the bloggers you named never even heard of you before you made The List. We also fully realize your head is going to spin around three times after seeing this and we are just going to count the minutes until your next novella full of excuses rolls onto your blog. We guess it is possible, but not likely, that you did send them your book, which brings us to our next point.

When reviewers/bloggers request books for review from publishers and the publishers send them a book, the publishers know there is a chance that the book will not be reviewed. Instead of making an immature list of bloggers that break their "promise" of reviewing the title, they just don't send them any more books. We are sure that in-house, the publishers may have a private list of people who do this sort of thing, but it is unprofessional and bad for business to name those people outside of their circle. We hope you see where we are going with this.

We also think it is incredibly immature to post a list of bloggers who supposedly declined to review  your books or interview you because of one person, Jude. That's some middle-school drama-llama stupidity. For someone who is heading toward 50 years old, you should know better. Vindictiveness is an ugly color and you don't wear it well, Carroll.

As for not accepting a comment on our blog, we are not going to post comments by people who are so childish that they have to make claims or question a persons marriage and sex life. Your readers have plenty of space to act like a 12 year old school girl; especially when the comment refers to people who we do not know and are not part of this blog. We guess that is the way your readership behaves, full of people whose insults are like this:

We guess like-minded people do find each other. What else can we say? Misery loves company.

EDIT- For the Carroll/troll that keeps coming here and leaving comments. Yes, we do realize that he claims he sent books, even though his first sentence states he never sends books. Our main point here was to show that the specific bloggers he named never got books from him. None of the bloggers he named even knew he was. It's kind of hard to send books to people you never met or heard of before. We would like to see screen shots of Carroll emailing these bloggers about his books and them agreeing to review and or interview, and posts of his interactions with him. That would prove that Carroll did indeed have a deal with these bloggers. 

We won't hold our breath.

It's Only as Big as You Make it

That's our stats.

That is who is watching this site. In the blogging world, we are a small fry.

But yeah. Keep on visiting, Carroll.

Edit- If you are coming here just to leave comments about people who are not part of this blog, don't bother. Tee-hee! (Who says that, really?) It's entertaining watching Carroll fist-bump in his supposed success, but we are laughing because we know how wrong he is. Reference to our post below.

Look at You, Man.

The morning after the crazy that erupted last night over in the World of Douchcanoe, Carroll Bryant makes another scathing post about how we (everyone outside of him and his various personalities) are all just big, bad bullies out to sap him of his happiness. Or something like that.

Dude, we don't know how many different ways we can say this to you, but we will try one more time.

None of the people you have named own or operate this blog.

We have never interacted with you on your sites on a personal level.

We have not rated or reviewed your books.

We do not give out personal information about you that cannot be found elsewhere, ie. public information.

We only post things that come from your fingertips and make commentary about it. If you weren't making such an ass out of yourself, we wouldn't have anything to talk about. Suck on that for a while.

Your creation of three new blogs about people who have nothing to do with our site is indeed fuckery and nothing like what we are doing here. We don't make bogus claims about you cheating on a spouse or someone having an abortion. We would never do that. Why? Because it is vile. You are heading into illegal territory and their are screenshots abound.

Threats against us will not work.

Remember, you were the one who thought it was a good idea to start your own blog, and now three more blogs, about whomever you perceive to be your enemy when you wake up in the morning, regardless of their innocence or not. Like you said, don't dish things out that you can't handle.

We suggest you relax and enjoy your California vacation. Take some time for deep reflection on your actions and how you really want to proceed.

Peace.

Off the Deep End

We don't even know where to begin with this latest fuckery. Carroll Bryant created three new blogs:

http://amandawellingisgenx.blogspot.com/

http://judehendersoniselsa.blogspot.com/

http://johngreenisapervertedbully.blogspot.com/

Don't bother looking for them, they are no longer active. It only took a short while for Carroll to realize that this is indeed the internet. Unfortunately for him, we have screen shots:

Do we need to say more?

You thought this was a good idea, Carroll?

What was it that we were saying about your self-control the other day? It's lacking again.

These blogs crossed the line. Those posts are inexcusable. You are a vile and horrid person and we hope you are ashamed of yourself.

Edit- As of 12: 42 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 25th 2013, the blogs are back online and currently set to private. We will update this if anything changes.

 

Edit 2- Under Carroll Bryant's Coming Attractions tab we found the following message.

The nuts just got nuttier. We don't know how he justifies his behavior. We guess this is what happens when he is confronted with everything he has done and everyone he has wronged. Your shit doesn't smell so good, does it Carroll?