I got a letter back from that stupid girl. She apologized for sending repeat messages, and said she’d been on for years but never realized there was a zipfile of critiques. Can’t say I know what to make of this. But hopefully this story is over.But, oh noes, the stupidity doesn’t stop there. No, I get another one, this from a boy, who thinks that English is not my second language. Now I realize that everyone’s got their own opinion and a comment like this should indicate something about my writing. But WTF? Does this sound like I’ve got a fucking accent? Do I sound like a fucking turban guy?…
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The Politics of Critters
I have an interesting situation going on in the Critters critiques labels these days. Three weeks ago I got a fulfillment of a “Request for Dedicated Readers” (people who volunteer to read long works. It was accompanied with a suggestion to check out her Yahoo! Groups fantasy critique group. I looked at it, 10 members, and since I haven’t written any fantasy, I mentally declined. Well, over the course of the three weeks, I get three or four more e-mails suggesting I join. It’s like spam. I think about telling her to stop sending me these things, but she’s reading my long novel, and I haven’t gotten many takers, so…