What is the Mob of Irate Torch-Wielding Fans, anyway?
A. Originally, it was my email list of readers who wanted to know the moment I updated one of my fanfics online. But Yahoomort dislikes anything that tastes even vaguely of SPAM, and kindly suggested I get a YahooGroup…and then locked up my email account when I sent out two messages in one day to over 100 people each time, to ensure that I got the message. (Since the group is located in an age-restricted section of Yahoo!Groups, please adhere to the 18+ age limit, or Yahoomort will kill it. I’ve already had one YahooGroup shut down and an email account destroyed because someone didn’t want to play by the rules. Not fun, and not funny.) The name, Mob of Irate Torch-Wielding Fans, came about because my readers were, well, camping themselves outside my fictional castle home (where I’d love to live ideally, if it had decent insulation, indoor plumbing, central heating, electricity, and internet access) like some group of torch-and-pitchfork-owning villagers ready to storm the place and mak
