tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post588074315385697469..comments2023-09-05T05:36:02.930-06:00Comments on .: Why Must People Spoil?Ysabeau Wilcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-2380501249815282372007-02-24T19:06:00.000-06:002007-02-24T19:06:00.000-06:00Thanks for the cheering words, Maura! Everyone's a...Thanks for the cheering words, Maura! Everyone's a critic these days, I guess...but some opinions counts more than others--And happily for me, I know who is who!Ysabeau Wilcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-43065832007910858332007-02-22T13:34:00.000-06:002007-02-22T13:34:00.000-06:00Dear Ysabeau, we can't be all things to all people...Dear Ysabeau, we can't be all things to all people, but that's a good thing when you think about it. Otherwise you'd be writing bland prose. <BR/><BR/>I haven't read the review, but if he's spoiling the story for everyone he's being unfair. And name-calling is rather childish. <BR/><BR/>You have far more positive reviews than negative, so concentrate on the ones that will keep you writing and improving your craft.<BR/><BR/>I like to think that I can learn something from every review, even the harsh ones, but sometimes you have to shrug your shoulders and accept that there are people out there who won't like your work.<BR/><BR/>I'm delighted to hear that you've finished the second novel. That's a great achievement. Best of luck with the next one!Splinisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691530132691662127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-2725453939423145802007-02-21T15:32:00.000-06:002007-02-21T15:32:00.000-06:00*Sniff Sniff*--thanks for the support everyone. "C...*Sniff Sniff*--thanks for the support everyone. "Console your loss with vice," Nini Mo once said...and thus I did, with a brisk walk and most of a Vosges Chocolate Barcelona Bar. I'm feeling much better now! Tho'--I still think that Spoilering should be a crime punished, if not by the Blood Eagle, then most definitely by the Pink Ribband! It's just plain mean.Ysabeau Wilcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-9344861218328837732007-02-21T14:38:00.000-06:002007-02-21T14:38:00.000-06:00I think we can all agree this person is clearly an...I think we can all agree this person is clearly an idiot.Gwendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774768214058868450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-37573527541611621832007-02-21T14:30:00.000-06:002007-02-21T14:30:00.000-06:00The review -- by the regular reviewer's condescend...The review -- by the regular reviewer's condescending yet clueless husband, whom she holds in awe for his ability to speed-read (if indeed he is actually reading) the books he apparently goes through like so many bags of Cheetos -- is a model of amateurish and doltish self-importance. To accuse the author of <I>Flora Segunda</I> of a "failure of imagination" is to convict onself of that crime.Paul Witcoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471607385211158481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-53766402111829544222007-02-21T13:54:00.000-06:002007-02-21T13:54:00.000-06:00I've panned a lot of books in my day, but I can't ...I've panned a lot of books in my day, but I can't imagine that I'd ever stoop to calling an author "stupid," even if I thought the book was riddled with errors and misinformation, even if it was a memoir where the author's personality was thoroughly entwined with the content of the book. That's just wack.Ron Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062268830255707992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-3391532127909571462007-02-21T13:33:00.000-06:002007-02-21T13:33:00.000-06:00With difficulty I'll refrain from offering my opin...With difficulty I'll refrain from offering my opinion of this person's taste and judgment and confine myself to agreeing with you wholeheartedly about the "book report" style of reviews. They drive me batty. I'll still read a book even if I've inadvertently learned its deepest and darkest thanks to some overzealous "reviewer." After all, I'm as interested in how the the writer gets from A to B as I am in the actual plot. BUT I do wish there was some kind of rule on the on-line bookstore reviews, at least, which prohibited total giveaways. I believe they screen the comments before posting, so why not nix the blatant spoilers?<BR/><BR/>I hope you can transcend this person's (@#!&^) opinion, and will keep your head up and keep the Califa coming. In my opinion you're an exceptionally fine writer and worldbuilder, and your work is incomparable in the literal sense of being compare-able to nothing else I've ever read. Ever. (And I read about 300 books a year in all genres, so that's saying something!)Erika Hamerquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721599229029331587noreply@blogger.com