In a surprise move that has had literally 1's of Wanderingscribe fans gasping in disbelief, Anya's blog has been totally ignored in the 2007 shortlist for The Lulu Blooker Prize 2007.
For those who are bamboozled (isn't the English language wonderful) with the exact meaning of the word "Blook", I shall elucidate.
A Blook is a blog that has been turned into a book (it wasn't rocket science, was it) and the Lulu Blooker Prize is the world's first literary prize devoted to "blooks"-books based on blogs or other websites.
As I was recently reminded what a great success Anya has become after getting her book deal, it should have been a shoe in (isn't the American "language" dreadful) that she would be guaranteed a short list place if not the top spot in this prestigious award.
Sadly though, with blauthors (that's a blook author according to some American that made the word up (isn't the American "language" ghastly)) from around the world to compete with, Anya failed to even get a mention.
Unfortunately this means she won't be able to display one of those cute graphics advertising her blogging/blauthor prowess like the one from the New Media Awards of last year.
The one she didn't win.
She's getting quite a collection.
She's getting quite a collection.
10 comments:
She is on the PooPoo Blooker Prize 2007 list you know!
Just thought it was worth a mention :)
Being such a humble author yourself I see it as my public duty to alert other readers
to your very own Blooker nomination ...
blooker nomination
I didn't realise those of Irish descent were so shy ;) awwwwwwww cute!
An Award?
Por Moi?
How lovely.
I must pick out a pretty dress for the ceremony.
Regal waves .....
Award Nominee Anya
Your nominations are looking good wanderingscribe - thanks to midnightsunbeam for starting the ball rolling!
Thank you Dear Heart.
Although one must not become complacent and allow the comments section to resemble Anya's (before she pulled the plug due to the bad people who asked pertinent questions).
Great Big Queenly regally royal wavy type hugsssssss.......
Lady Princess Duchess Anya of Rover (My Car's Irish you know)
Isn't it a fact of life that you won't even qualify for that fake 'LOSER' award from New Media?
Why? Simply because you did not even get nominated in the first place! LMAO !
Unless you go to a rehab and sort yourself out you don't stand a chance.
Why not come and join me in my favourite haunt, The Priory.
Thanks for posting Jade.
Some of my newer viewers may have been wondering just how dumb genuine Anya sicko-fants were but you have saved them the trouble of going through my archives for proof by denying that my blog has been nominated when the link is right in front of your eyes.
New Media Awards nomination
You see folks, we weren't making it up !!
Great Big Care in the community hugs ......
Lady Anya Peters (The lady with the lamp)
I knew nothing about wandering scribe before reading about her in this month's Pavement magazine - I came across this blog while looking for info about her. I really am homeless but so far have drawn no definite conclusions about her. You say a lot about her but nothing about yourself - I'm left wondering what you have to hide, mate. Perhaps you could put a link on your blog to a page which sums up why you dislike her rather than trawling through your whole blog
This is the relevant article [comments in brackets mine]:
Plenty of wannabe novelists and
journalists run internet blogs in the hope that someone will spot their talent, while thousands of others vent their feelings to a mass audience on online forums. The World Wide Web is further expanding its communicative umbrella to house
unread talent and unheard voices.
The vast majority of what is found online is fairly uninspiring, but when one woman’s rambling prose captured the attention of the international media and landed
her a publishing deal, a few people
questioned her authenticity.
Anya Peters, aka The Wandering Scribe, came to public attention last April (The Pavement, 12). Her frequent blogs posts wove a narrative of her slip into a mental breakdown after graduating from her law degree [many years after graduating, actually]. The Wandering Scribe had been in a bad relationship, was out of favour with her parents in Ireland [that's 'out of favour' as in they gave her up for adoption] and was crippled by debt. She slept rough in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, before travelling to London to sleep in a car in a quiet city centre car park [or maybe a laneway]. She showered in the local hospital, lived off unemployment benefits and refused any local authority help. Her prose was stream of consciousness, emotive and unstructured. Some posts were breathlessly long; others a single shattering sentence. Their vivid portrayal of the experiences of a young transient female captured the
attention of The New York Times and the BBC online magazine. But some people were sceptical. The Wandering Scribe made frequent references to a novel she was writing [had written] and her
jealousy of another homeless blogger who had landed a book
deal after publicising his plight.
Was the blog simply a publicity
tool? The Wandering Scribe was
accused of promoting her own
blog on other online creative
writing websites. After the media
coverage in the States and the
UK, a debate began into whether
Ms Peters was, in fact, a hoax.
Since the deal was signed, the author has written a few [a VERY few] entries about her struggle to
create the book, her emotional
battle with giving her words up
to an agency and finally, about
finding a home in London.
But before this she had been
very quiet, avoiding the limelight as the critics tore her tale apart. Inconsistencies in the story were highlighted: how did someone sleeping rough have access to internet cafes late on Sunday nights, when many entries were posted? How could she afford to live in a car in an expensive
central London car park? How had she eluded hospital security so frequently? How did she claim
benefit without frequent interviews
by the authorities? How had a vulnerable, suffering woman tracked
down and negotiated a book deal,
and why was this book then written
in scenes instead of chapters? Was
a film deal already in the pipeline? Most frequently, why did she not answer her critics or give interviews? This last criticism became more fevered after she added a donation button to the blog; many people added abusive comments. Eventually, overwhelmed by threats, comments were blocked from the site. As before, Ms Peters refused
an interview with The Pavement,
explaining that as the book
publicity was now in progress, she
was under strict orders not to speak with the press. But she did say that the book, entitled Abandoned, might disappoint readers of The Pavement as her experience of homelessness might be atypical [so much for not speaking to anyone !]. Enigma and mystery have
certainly worked for The Wandering
Scribe before; but what constitutes a ‘typical’ experience of homelessness? There are seldom any two stories or situations the same, and certainly none that would not constitute an enrapturing novella should the time, resources and finances be afforded any of the individuals who live in Britain’s temporary accommodation or on the streets. What many of The Wandering
Scribe’s many sceptics appear to have been ignored is one key question: what made Anya Peter’s story so special? For the answer to this, and a dozen other explanations, we will have to wait.
Abandoned is published by Harper Collins on 8th May.
Rebecca Wearn
There's a certain irony that a completely anonymous poster is questioning why I don't have a detailed biography available to peruse.
Especially as they claim to be homeless too !
Could it be our beloved author, reaching out to contact a fellow blauthor?
Either way, anonymous comments do not hold much weight for me.
If you really are homeless then you seem to be following in the footsteps of Anya by utilizing blogging (and possibly Internet cafés/showers in hospitals too?) as a lifestyle choice.
Tell me, did you once have a job/house etc. but decided to give it all up after being inspired by Anya's con artistry?
My God !
The woman is responsible for increasing the transient population !!
Her catalogue of crimes against humanity continues to grow !!!!
Great big anonymous hugsssss......
Anya Peters
p.s. I'm under strict orders from my publishers not to divulge my name, number, bank details, PIN number or National Insurance number to anyone in case the publicity harms my forthcoming book. After all, I was never in it for the publicity.....
errrrrrr.................
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