Because "Standard" Doesn't Necessarily Mean "Artless"

You may or may not have noticed my penchant for writing and writing-related sites, but if you take the time to look at my userinfo, you'll see several RSS feeds relating to writing and publishing, in its various forms. What is noteworthy today is the string of events stemming from my interaction, however slight, at FantasyPOD.

Now, I commented there because I thought I might be able to help a little. In my haste, I failed to check the blogger's profile page, but I figured there would be no harm in leaving my comment posted. Perhaps that was a faulty assumption.

On February 2, I received an email out of the blue. I almost bounced it back, since the subject line looked like spam, but the first line after the greeting told me he'd gotten my email from FantasyPOD, so I decided to read the body of the message. It wasn't the best email I'd ever read, but it got the point across: he wanted me to see his self-published POD book.

I was torn. I thought perhaps he had mistaken me for the FantasyPOD blogger, and I wasn't sure anymore whether I really wanted to try to become another POD blogger. I considered ignoring it altogether, but I am by nature curious, and it was only one book.
( Are you curious, too? )