Thanks for your kind appreciation, Kylie. I assure you, you are not unpopular, you are just not yet known by the large readership that your work deserves (which reminds me, when will your novel be out, and how was the authors' event that you mentioned a while ago? You wanted to do reading there, didn't you?).

Your observation of manners being in short supply is something I can absolutely confirm.

Oh, and yes, I have read that story of yours (just checked it again) because the title sounded familiar.