Thank you for the entertaining tale about the hot dog entrepreneur. At least in that instance you used 'shill' correctly, being one whom pretends no connection to the product offered or to the person selling it.

I, however, made my connection abundantly clear - I am a rival author, also writing a gang-related 'interactive novel' (indeed, there's an old thread about it in this section of the forum, which is why I posted here). But, because these things do cost money - probably about the same as a hot dog, come to think of it - I felt that some people around here might appreciate knowing that Lucid's novel has at least been well received & highly rated elsewhere, before they decide whether or not to try it for themselves.

That may make me a lot of things, but a shill is not one of them. If you must insult me for passing along helpful info, at least try to be accurate about it!