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 I don't know about you (I mean you, who have a facebook page to promote your novels) but personally I'm really pissed off.

How can people be so mean and cruel? Is it because I have become a writer, apart from being a teacher of English?  Is it because they feel inferior to me? And if yes, in what way?

Being an author takes up a lot of your spare time, time which sometimes I don't have because of my family and teaching commitments. That's the reason why I finished writing 'One more smile...' after 6 years! Writing a novel needs dedication and love. You need to love every single character you are writing about. 

But who are those people out there who dare like my page by sending an emoji which is laughing its head off? 

Mind you, they are Australian guys with Greek origin. I never expected these people  to treat me like that. They should support me, don't you think? People who have lived in the same country should support one another.

I'm not referring to them buying a copy of  'One more smile...' 

I'm just saying that they could say something kind, like 'Keep up the good work' or 'I'll tell my friends over here in Australia about your novel...' 

Things like that... Nothing more; nothing less.

I want to hear from you. Am I right to feel like this or not? 

Yours,

Chrisoula Panagoulia 

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