This is the second year my application to be a blogger for Fantasy Faire has been turned down. At least, I think it was turned down.
I have no way of knowing, because the person who reviews the Blogger Applications does not send rejection slips. Instead I figured it out by going to the Blogger Application site where she has written 22 paragraphs on her reasons for selecting or rejecting applications, starting with:
"As you well know, I contact only the bloggers I accept to be the Faire’s official bloggers. I think having a list up on the site is confirmation enough otherwise and I do not wish to contact people just to give them bad news nor invite conversations on the matter of “Why not?”"
She then goes on to list whole pages of "Why nots" and leaves you to guess which of those faults are yours.
After being rejected in 2021 I reviewed the blog posts of the the chosen ones, and tried very hard to improve my Fantasy Faire postings in 2022 by imitating them, although I did not go so far as to write twittery faefanfiction, pose at an oblique angle, or tout Fantasy Faire wares I got for free*.
I will be the first to admit that my little pumpkin patch may not the most sincere pumpkin patch in the world, but it does have as much sincerity as I can muster, as far as the eye can see.
I imagine I am not the only one who found it hard not to know whether or not my blog had been chosen until it was obvious time had run out, or wondered if my application had even been reviewed. I think not acknowledging blogger applications at all is chickenshit. I think bloggers who went to the trouble of filling out and submitting an application deserve at least the courtesy of a polite rejection.
So this year I have decided I won't submit an application to blog at next year's Fantasy Faire, so this year I can blog without worrying about what anyone else thinks. and, Sonya Marmurek, if you ever have time to google your name, this is what I think.
And now for something to lighten the mood, the delightful Bellisseria Hammies in Concert yesterday.
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| The most excellent Hammies! |
*The blogger application gives you the option of receiving free product. I guess giving merchandise for free advertising is a fair exchange - but I think in some ways (in spite of some bloggers' protests "I only review products I like") it could be a bit like selling your soul.
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