Swiss Miss Fiction + Dangers of a Blog

Dear Swiss Miss Fiction Fan Club members...

I hear this is now out in stores:Just, you know, in case you were looking for your latest dose of Swiss Miss fiction...and in particular a story that has a "Grand Prize-Winning" stamp on it! Yes, if you like dysfunctional families and porcine skin diseases, look no further for your summer reading pleasure.

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And on another note...
I actually debated posting this. Not because it might seem bragg-y (as you know, I am all for horn-tooting; when it comes to my fiction, bragging equals self-promotion). Rather, I was worried about peeling back yet another layer of the "Who are Swiss Mister and Miss?" onion...

In the end, I decided: Meh. I figure you all know who we are anyway, this blog isn't searchable by Google, and as long as we don't post anything really stupid (as done here and here. I mean, come on, people!), we should be fine and not fired from any/all ANONYMOUS COMPANIES.

That said, Swiss Mister discovered the unintended consequences of blogging last year, and we try to remember that lesson here at ye olde blog... The story goes like this: Swiss Mister critiqued a very poor presentation given by a certain "communications specialist." He then received a weirdly worded and vaguely threatening email from said CommSpec, requesting that Swiss Mister remove the blog piece. CommSpec said that other students at other business schools had found the posting through the magic of internet, and the negative review was damaging his business and his reputation.

Swiss Mister made the following points:
1) The posting was a respectful evaluation of an incredibly crappy seminar, the likes of which does not fly at top-tier business schools.
2) If CommSpec can't handle one negative post from a no-name blogger, his business must really be in trouble.

In this case, the consequence of blogging about a crappy CommSpec was simply that the crappiness of said CommSpec was exposed (no harm done, methinks), but Swiss Mister still removed the post out of professional courtesy. And we continue to be a bit cautious over here at Swiss (Mister and) Miss... Of course, that does not stop us from posting pictures of me in a bikini while swigging wine on a Majorcan beach, but it does cause us to think twice about complaining about the ANONYMOUS COMPANY and all the f-ing ridiculousness that goes on there.