MA clarified her use of diacritics in the story (the same issue you commented on, essentially, in your review of the same story) after Stacnash thought they were a technical glitch in the formatting. Once it was clear as to their intent, SN upped her score by half a dozen points.
Certainly not. But the term fascist gets thrown around so much that it has basically lost all mean.So a fascist is only a fascist if they self identify as such?
Okay, so here's the context. The diacritics which I put in my Eldritch Pact story warranted a disclaimer that they might not publish correctly, and they might come out looking stupid. Upon seeing them for the first time (apparently) Stacnash though it was an error.
I replied to her comment (like I do every comment) and I said that the diacritics did not come out wrong... They were intentional and perfect. She reached out to me through a PM and apologized, and then erased her old review. She replaced it with this:Stacnash
I’m really glad I read this because the circumstances are novel to me.
The beginning of this is a triumph. It was well written with plenty of cleverness in the narration and your imagination is awesome. Stavos gripped me from the word go and the build towards L'ventia’s introduction was masterful. The dialogue in the first part was really impressive and I enjoyed the intensity of Stavos’ delivery at every turn.
Additionally, your erotic content is undeniably captivating. There’s enough heat here to stir a reaction from a corpse. No part of it felt out of place when you consider the fantasy setting and the great lengths you went to when building the world. There’s a sophistication to your writing that compliments the intensity and the end result is a story that’s exceptionally good in places. In my notes, I’ve scribbled “this is really good” and I can promise you that I don’t do that often.
However, let me be clear about something. What I’m reviewing is the work that you’ve presented to the reader in the format which you’ve chosen. What I see on the screen right now is your responsibility to get right, not the publisher or anyone else.
You’re already aware of the formatting issues, but they completely ruined the immersion. I was embarrassed for you when I saw the first couple, but to see them reoccur throughout the document made my heart sink. Don’t take risks when you don’t know the technical limitations of the platform you’re publishing on. Believe me, I think you’re incredibly talented, but mistakes like that would put me off reading more of your work. If that’s true for me, what about other readers? It makes me think that you don’t care, so take the time to get it right before you publish.
That aside, there were some more conventional grammatical errors and your use of capitals when Stavos was shouting was lazy. As we got to the end, it became clear that L'ventia would’ve retained more impact if she spoke less, as the quality of the dialogue started to wane.
This is just my opinion, but I also strongly disliked your author’s note. Don’t apologise for your work or try to appease anyone, present it with confidence and let it speak for itself. Especially when what you’ve written is so good. You’re a star, don’t worry about anyone else. Let the tags offer a preview to what lies ahead.
Your name’s playfully modest but there’s nothing mediocre about your work. You’re a brilliant amateur writer and this would easily be a five-star story without the immersion-breaking formatting errors.
71/100.
Stacnash 23 days ago
This is a corrected version of my original review. My thanks go to the author for clarifying a significant error I made where I misunderstood the intended formatting of the diacritics. Any embarrassment is mine and mine alone.
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The beginning of this is a triumph. It was well written with plenty of cleverness in the narration and your imagination is awesome. Stavos gripped me from the word go and the build towards L'ventia’s introduction was masterful. The dialogue in the first part was really impressive and I enjoyed the intensity of Stavos’ delivery at every turn.
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Additionally, your erotic content is undeniably captivating. There’s enough heat here to stir a reaction from a corpse. No part of it felt out of place when you consider the fantasy setting and the great lengths you went to when building the world. There’s a sophistication to your writing that compliments the intensity and the end result is a story that’s exceptionally good in places. In my notes, I’ve scribbled “this is really good” and I can promise you that I don’t do that often.
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Only minor grammatical errors were detected and your use of capitals when Stavos was shouting could’ve been written more creatively. As we got to the end, it became clear that L'ventia would’ve retained more impact if she spoke less, as the quality of the dialogue started to wane.
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This is just my opinion, but I strongly disliked your author’s note. Don’t apologise for your work or try to appease anyone, present it with confidence and let it speak for itself. Especially when what you’ve written is so good. You’re a star, don’t worry about anyone else. Let the tags offer a preview to what lies ahead.
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Your name’s playfully modest but there’s nothing mediocre about your work. You’re a brilliant amateur writer and this is easily a five-star piece of work. Sadly, for me, the mistake I originally made with the diacritics was also five-star. Sorry about that.
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85/100.
I once left a review where I stated I was unhappy about a particular plot development because the author's intentions could be interpreted in a negative way, but that otherwise the book was excellent. That one point troubled me a lot, though. The author contacted me to thank me and to explain her reasoning, and I felt much more reassured after and removed my complaint about that point from the review. Nothing she's written in the years since has made me regret that change.
Just because bad actors know the value of muddying the water by stripping meaning from the words we use to describe them doesn't mean we should accept that.
I don't disagree. But this is not the time or place, imo.
That's true. Idk why I didn't think of that.
I am glad you showed up AS! I was hoping to discuss this with you, but I didn't want to plague you with more unsolicited bull crap. But you're here now of your own free will, so buckle up!
Uh... Is this from anything in specific? And if not, are you going to use it?
There was a big flame war in one thread ("A wish" I think it was called) that got deleted whole cloth between me, Tilan, and SN with a general warning from the mod and a specific one directed at Tilan. A number of SN's other comments in other threads have the "no attacks" text replacing them now. Like I said before, regardless of my belief that she was a sockpuppet of Tilan, she went negative and personal real, real fast, and the mods acted appropriately.
That is a fair point... Nothing I saw that SN said was worthy of banning. Perhaps I missed something.
Pleeeease... Can we drop the fascist talk. There's so many other places to handle that.
Pleeeease... Can we drop the fascist talk. There's so many other places to handle that.
Lol
I always liked the phrase “Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact.”
I was asleep when the main portion of the disagreement raged. If anyone else replies to you, I'll ask them to stop as well.
Is there something we should know?
*Unconvinced*
It's just this, if you add me in goingI decided I didn't want to read all the posts, and concluded the middle 90% can be summarized thus:
That seems to have been super effective.It's just this, if you add me in going
"Guys! Stahp it!!!!"
It’s the little smile at the end that really pushes this one over the top.
