I just received a most hilarious email.
She echoed what I've been thinking about the silly "boycott Janet Boyer" mini-movement that's occurring in some Tarot circles--as well as what many of my friends, fellow authors and colleagues have been saying to me, too. Here's what she wrote:
I liked to listen to that former radio program you co-hosted because you always had something sassy to say that the NON PROFESSIONAL ENTHUSIASTS AND COLLECTORS (like me) may think but not express.
Why in Tarotland does everyone have to make nice? Why can't someone express that a person's book, deck, etc. is lame, lousy, phony or whatever without being called a bully? Why can't it be said something is a waste of money or doesn't break new ground or just a rehash by someone who can write a decent sentence.
Politicians sling the dirt. Art historians critique art work. Everywhere else, pundits evaluate every iota of life. Somehow, someone is confusing the Tarot world with a nineteenth century church social and varying opinions must be whispered behind fluttering fans.
I'll be sixty on Leap Year Day. Just tell it Janet; if people are offended by directness, too bad.
People like me don't want to spend every cent on every book, deck, course, etc. We love to read about the latest publications and read other's opinion.
I hope you have advice for the collector/enthusiast on your Tarot Pals Blog. I once asked Barbara Moore at a midwest Tarot symposium "Why does Llewellyn keep cranking out the Tarot books? Is anybody concerned about quality?"
It's like a flood. I don't want to see summer fairies, druids, vampires or angels...enough already. Your Snowland Tarot will be a refreshing change.
PS and if that Greek guy is put out by your story that said 75% of the Tarot folk were obese or whatever word you used...My husband saw my photos from a Tarot symposium years ago and said "all these ladies are so fat!" OMG he usually is a diplomat. Fiction is fiction.
And there ya have it, boys and girls. This is the type of people I write for!
-- Janet Boyer, Amazon Top/Vine Reviewer, author of Back in Time Tarot, Tarot in Reverse (Schiffer 2012) and the Snowland Tarot (Schiffer 2013). Featured in Tales of the Revolution: True Stories of People Who Are Poking the Box and Making a Difference (A Domino Project eBook edited by Seth Godin)
