B/W Awards (a rant)

[misslurker@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Pardon me please right off the bat but. . .I'm annoyed. These awards
weren't even close and there wasn't much of a participation from both
groups. Good word has it that only 50 or so people voted out of
almost 700 combined on BLW and BWW. That's a rip. All of the
authors deserved a better chance than that. I'm sorely disappointed
in everyone and I know I'm a nobody...just a lil ol lurker...but
perhaps I speak for a lot of the lurkers out there when I say that
these awards have left me feeling a bit empty and unfulfilled.

Good word also has it that the virtual ballot box was stuffed by
friends of authors and authors themselves. I'm disenchanted by the
whole thing really....there have been so many wonderful stories
posted by SO MANY authors....and people have to go around stuffing the
ballot box with votes for themselves just to be greedy.

grrrr. Anyone else agree? am I the only lonely lil lurker voice in
the crowd? if I am I'll go away...but if I'm not, then I think a
recount is in need..and a way to insure that only ONE vote comes from
ONE person. Gary Thompson did a splenderific job with the WillTara
awards to insure fairness....may wanna ask him how he tracked the
email addys and ISP numbers. Authors work hard on their fics and
should reap what they sew, not have awards handed to them because they
voted for themselves six or seven times.


Miss "disenchanted" Lurker
SELF DECLAIRED KIMBER FAN #3


> "Stats please..."
>
> Shyfox: Nine top spots
> Cilia: Three top spots
> Kimber, Alex & Carol Clarke: Two top spots each