Comments That Make Your Day

[Lifestyle66]

Okay .... I've realized many of the comments on my stories are "unexpected reviews by bloated narcissists", and they are welcome.

But back to the thread, from my latest "What Were You Thinking? - Therapy" in Loving Wives, about the "Big Bang Theory" type swinger couple seeking therapy:
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Anonymous about 16 hours ago
I know this is a story, so you can create the attitudes and reactions... but man, you hit the nail on the head with your description of psychology. This is coming from someone who got a Bachelor's of Science in Psych, and bitterly regrets it.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

So yet another update in the @Stacnash review of Eldritch Pact.

(I'm calling her a she, because the name was signed "Stacy" in the PM. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me. I guess "Stacy" can be a guy too? Idk)

Here's the new comment:

Stacnashabout 4 hours 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 certainly appreciate the praise, although admittedly I would be far less likely to value your opinions if they were less kind. I'd probably be in the camp with NTH. But, as we all know, I'm basically a whore for positive feedback, so you're okay in my book.

For the record, I completely disagree with your assessment of @oneagainst's story here. I think that story is really good, and woefully underrated, although opinions are like assholes, right? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Lastly, I noticed that you borrowed my technique of placing periods in between paragraphs in the comments. While I'm sure I'm not the first one to come up with that technique, I did copyright it as TheBloodlessPeriod© so when you use it, I expect a royalty of 15¢ paid each time to the local battered women's shelter. Thank you.

 

[Stacnash]

For the record, I completely disagree with your assessment of @oneagainst's story here. I think that story is really good, and woefully underrated, although opinions are like assholes, right? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Good, that's the way it's supposed to be. You're a brilliant writer and I value your opinion. I'd love nothing more than to read the thoughts of writers over on the Story Feedback threads concerning that guy's story, or any other.

Don't just tell us that it's good, tell us why.

Lastly, I noticed that you borrowed my technique of placing periods in between paragraphs in the comments. While I'm sure I'm not the first one to come up with that technique, I did copyright it as TheBloodlessPeriod© so when you use it, I expect a royalty of 15¢ paid each time to the local battered women's shelter. Thank you.

I just used it when reviewing a terrific piece of work a few minutes ago. Very happy to steal great ideas like that.

 

[djrip]

Just for the sake of transparency.

You're one of only three writers who refused to accept the feedback which was offered, which is your right.

However, you're the only writer who deleted the feedback and then clearly lied on the forum about what it said after it was erased. That's also your right, but thin-skinned diva isn't the flex you seem to think it is.

That puts you in a class all of your own. It's a shame you behaved that way, especially after I said that you're a good writer. Not great, but good.

Meanwhile, I'll leave it to the fair-minded observers to pinpoint exactly what was mean-spirited or nasty about my review of In Health.

Going forward, you should leave this thread for comments that make your day.

I'm just upset mine was so short! Assuming my 21/100 or whatever it was was from you before you landed on a username. I considered, but decided against, deleting it because it talked about the forum and I feel like story comments are for comments about the story not complaints about the forum, but I appreciate a good thrashing when it comes to actual criticism. I only got about one sentence of that!

 

[NoTalentHack]

I'm just upset mind was so short! Assuming my 21/100 or whatever it was was from you before you landed on a username. I considered, but decided against, deleting it because it talked about the forum and I feel like story comments are for comments about the story not complaints about the forum, but I appreciate a good thrashing when it comes to actual criticism. I only got about one sentence of that!

Yeah, that’s because the “dispassionate reviewer” thing is just a schtick. This is just someone’s sockpuppet, grinding their axe in the comments rather than the forums. They’ll move here now; they started with the bitchy grudge-y ones first because that’s what they’re about. Then they added some “thoughtful” middling ones like mine and a few with effusive praise to pretend that what they want is to be helpful. Along with that, they’ve made their account look more like a real one. Before I pointed it out while calling them out in oneagainst’s comments, this account created about a year ago had no favorite and no follows. Amazingly, they do now.

So either they created their account and sat on it for almost a year for no obvious reason (since you make an account here to follow, favorite, or post on the forums), or it was a sock puppet account created a while back to give the illusion of being a “real” account; they just didn’t go the extra mile with it, either forgetting or hoping no one would notice.

Bad troll is bad.

 

[Stacnash]

Yeah, that’s because the “dispassionate reviewer” thing is just a schtick. This is just someone’s sockpuppet, grinding their axe in the comments rather than the forums. They’ll move here now; they started with the bitchy grudge-y ones first because that’s what they’re about. Then they added some “thoughtful” middling ones like mine and a few with effusive praise to pretend that what they want is to be helpful. Along with that, they’ve made their account look more like a real one. Before I pointed it out while calling them out in oneagainst’s comments, this account created about a year ago had no favorite and no follows. Amazingly, they do now.

So either they created their account and sat on it for almost a year for no obvious reason (since you make an account here to follow, favorite, or post on the forums), or it was a sock puppet account created a while back to give the illusion of being a “real” account; they just didn’t go the extra mile with it, either forgetting or hoping no one would notice.

Bad troll is bad.

That's an extraordinary stance to take to rationalise the fact that I thought you were a good writer who wrote a three-star story.

I'd also add that it's a slap in the face to all of the writers whose work I've enjoyed and spent considerable time praising in the last few weeks and months.

How dare I draw the conclusion that they produced better work than you did? The mental gymnastics you're performing to keep telling yourself that you're the best writer in town must be exhausting.

The only one grinding an axe over the last 24 hours has been you. You were outed as having deleted a review and lying about its contents. When I reproduced it, you offered no evidence for your claim that it contained multiple "outright insults". To this moment, you've still offered no evidence. Only slurs, fueled by bitterness.

Thank the heavens that I gave you three stars. If I'd went any lower, I'd be contacting the authorities to arrange a welfare check for you.

I rated it three stars, get over it and get over yourself.

 

[SimonDoom]

I rated it three stars, get over it and get over yourself.

You rated one of my stories, Insatiable Mrs. Pillsbury, with three stars, and faulted me for, among other things, various technical errors. Unlike some authors, I don't mind that at all. In fact, if I've made errors of that sort I like to have them called out, because I pride myself on being familiar with punctuation, spelling, and grammar conventions. Unfortunately, what I've found is that my fingers sometimes don't do what my brain thinks they are doing, for whatever reason (maybe that extra glass of wine!). So I make mistakes, and sometimes I don't catch them in the proofing process.

Suggestion: if you're going to point out these mistakes, give some specific examples of the mistakes. You didn't give any examples in your comment, so your criticism, while perhaps accurate (I was unable to confirm but I'm going to assume you caught things I had missed), wasn't helpful. I like to see specifically what I did so I can take steps to improve the problem next time.

You criticized the plausibility of the story, which is something I get a lot, because I like to push the plausibility envelope, and it pleases some readers a lot and throws others completely out of the story. I don't think there's any right answer to that; it's a matter of taste, but I can't fault someone for having different taste on that issue from mine and thinking, "Come on, this is ridiculous." I'm going to continue to write stories that push that envelope because, well, I like them, and I've had plenty of readers tell me they like them too.

 

[NoTalentHack]

You rated one of my stories, Insatiable Mrs. Pillsbury, with three stars, and faulted me for, among other things, various technical errors. Unlike some authors, I don't mind that at all. In fact, if I've made errors of that sort I like to have them called out, because I pride myself on being familiar with punctuation, spelling, and grammar conventions. Unfortunately, what I've found is that my fingers sometimes don't do what my brain thinks they are doing, for whatever reason (maybe that extra glass of wine!). So I make mistakes, and sometimes I don't catch them in the proofing process.

I don’t mind criticism; in fact, I welcome it, as long as it’s in good faith. I almost never delete comments unless they’re hateful, insulting to my readers, or by obvious trolls. That’s where this one lies.

I called out their fake profile earlier this month when they dinged oneagainst’s story, saying then they were a troll for a variety of reasons. Me deleting their “review” of my story isn’t a product of a thin skin or an unwillingness to take criticism, even harsh criticism. It’s me saying “this isn’t actual criticism, it’s someone using the trappings of criticism to troll the denizens of AH.”

See
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/comments-that-make-your-day.1544186/post-97258017 for the post where I first called them out. They’ve since fixed the obvious flaws in their super-serious no-fooling totally-a-real account since.

 

[Stacnash]

You rated one of my stories, Insatiable Mrs. Pillsbury, with three stars, and faulted me for, among other things, various technical errors. Unlike some authors, I don't mind that at all. In fact, if I've made errors of that sort I like to have them called out, because I pride myself on being familiar with punctuation, spelling, and grammar conventions. Unfortunately, what I've found is that my fingers sometimes don't do what my brain thinks they are doing, for whatever reason (maybe that extra glass of wine!). So I make mistakes, and sometimes I don't catch them in the proofing process.

Suggestion: if you're going to point out these mistakes, give some specific examples of the mistakes. You didn't give any examples in your comment, so your criticism, while perhaps accurate (I was unable to confirm but I'm going to assume you caught things I had missed), wasn't helpful. I like to see specifically what I did so I can take steps to improve the problem next time.

You criticized the plausibility of the story, which is something I get a lot, because I like to push the plausibility envelope, and it pleases some readers a lot and throws others completely out of the story. I don't think there's any right answer to that; it's a matter of taste, but I can't fault someone for having different taste on that issue from mine and thinking, "Come on, this is ridiculous." I'm going to continue to write stories that push that envelope because, well, I like them, and I've had plenty of readers tell me they like them too.

I signed-off my review of your piece by stating that I'd happily read more of your work, and I was particularly taken with the detail about the boomerang, which was a lovely touch. In addition to Kristen's determined pursuit of the young cub, which was terrific. There were plenty of positives in my review because the work was good.

As you know, my comment was relatively long and I chose to elaborate more upon the dialogue, crediblity and my wish for more exploration of the psychological hold that Mrs. Pillsbury had over Kristen. To be clear though, it wasn't the credibility of the overall story that was faulted, just the lack of exploration of how Kristen's alter ego takes over to make her perform the acts you described. In my notes, I've written:

There were also some issues with credibility, despite this being a theme and fantasy which I enjoyed. If Kristen takes her work very seriously, why is she getting fucked in the middle of a hallway at a work event? Clearly, you explained by stating that her alter ego wouldn't be denied, but is that enough? More detail on how Mrs. Pillsbury takes a keen hold over Kristen would've been beneficial to add realism and bring extra heat to that scene.

I think that you've got the makings of another hot story in the future if you ever choose to explore the dynamic between Kristen and her alter ego, and I'd be first in line to read it.

I wouldn't worry about any grammatical errors because you're already aware of them, and you just explained that a glass of wine can cause that. So, input from a copy editor would remedy that.

I like your work and I'll read more when I've got time.

 

[SimonDoom]

I don’t mind criticism; in fact, I welcome it, as long as it’s in good faith. I almost never delete comments unless they’re hateful, insulting to my readers, or by obvious trolls. That’s where this one lies.

I called out their fake profile earlier this month when they dinged oneagainst’s story, saying then they were a troll for a variety of reasons. Me deleting their “review” of my story isn’t a product of a thin skin or an unwillingness to take criticism, even harsh criticism. It’s me saying “this isn’t actual ciriticism, it’s someone using the trappings off criticism to troll the denizens of AH.”

See
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/comments-that-make-your-day.1544186/post-97258017 for the post where I first called them out. They’ve since fixed the obvious flaws in their super-serious no-fooling totally-a-real account since.

I understand what you're saying. My bar for "good-faith" criticism has been forever affected, and probably lowered, by the sheer lunacy of some of the criticism I've received, such as the commenter to my first Loving Wives story who wrote, "Here, eat my condom."

 

[Stacnash]

Me deleting their “review” of my story isn’t a product of a thin skin or an unwillingness to take criticism, even harsh criticism. It’s me saying “this isn’t actual ciriticism, it’s someone using the trappings off criticism to troll the denizens of AH.”

Look, we're well past the point where your pattern has been set. You've launched attack after attack, now you're attempting to gatekeep what constitutes legitimate criticism because your pride's been stung.

I'm tired of having to defend myself from someone who's in the process of having a meltdown, all because I dared to give them a three-star review. Three stars is good.

The irony is you don't have to scroll too far up to see a guy in SimonDoom who handled himself with dignity and class when discussing my views on his work.

I'm not going to read anything else of yours. You're the 12th best writer I've reviewed on Literotica so far out of 26. You're right there in the middle. There's nothing wrong with that.

Are you as good as @Jackie.O.Hikaru, @Bramblethorn, @Voboy or @seraph_nocturne? No. You're not on the same planet as them, but they're exceptional. There's no shame in being good when others are great.

When my comments are written better than your stories, you've got bigger things to worry about.

Now stop wasting everyone's time, put me on ignore, stop derailing threads and use that time to learn how to spell criticism.

It’s me saying “this isn’t actual ciriticism, it’s someone using the trappings off criticism to troll the denizens of AH.”

After all, you're hardly going to learn what it means if you can't spell it.

 

[PrincessArianrhod]

Plausibility is pretty low on my list of criteria. I consider most of my stories to be erotic faerie tales of a kind, where the magic is passion and romance. I want the characters to seem tangible enough to be believable but they can often react and create scenarios that require some suspension of belief.

I write them to project my own fantasies, the characters behaving in a way I wouldn't dare to in real life. If that ends up being a down-vote or negative comment, well, you can't please everyone.

Edit: Sorry, took too long to type. I was replying to SimonDoom's previous post.

 

[StrangeLife]

What this reader really meant to say was, that he was thoroughly entertained by my thrilling and scintillating story. He is just too shy to admit it.
How could that not make my day?

 

[NoTalentHack]

I understand what you're saying. My bar for "good-faith" criticism has been forever affected, and probably lowered, by the sheer lunacy of some of the criticism I've received, such as the commenter to my first Loving Wives story who wrote, "Here, eat my condom."

Aw, that’s just them funnin’ ya.

 

[Djmac1031]

such as the commenter to my first Loving Wives story who wrote, "Here, eat my condom."

One can only hope they were just trying to get you to help them smuggle heroin.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Look, we're well past the point where your pattern has been set. You've launched attack after attack, now you're attempting to gatekeep what constitutes legitimate criticism because your pride's been stung.

I'm tired of having to defend myself from someone who's in the process of having a meltdown, all because I dared to give them a three-star review. Three stars is good.

The irony is you don't have to scroll too far up to see a guy in SimonDoom who handled himself with dignity and class when discussing my views on his work.

I'm not going to read anything else of yours. You're the 12th best writer I've reviewed on Literotica so far out of 26. You're right there in the middle. There's nothing wrong with that.

Are you as good as @Jackie.O.Hikaru, @Bramblethorn, @Voboy or @seraph_nocturne? No. You're not on the same planet as them, but they're exceptional. There's no shame in being good when others are great.

When my comments are written better than your stories, you've got bigger things to worry about.

Now stop wasting everyone's time, put me on ignore, stop derailing threads and use that time to learn how to spell criticism.


After all, you're hardly going to learn what it means if you can't spell it.

I'll be honest with you. I don't think NTH's problem with you is that you gave him a 3 star review. I've talked to him A LOT, and I know that reviews and scores don't carry a huge weight with him... even harsh reviews. He can normally take his licks pretty well.

I'm almost positive that he honestly believes that you've been doing these reviews with the goal (subconscious or not) of stirring up drama within the AH.

His assumptions are that you're attempting to troll (a claim I'm unconvinced of) and that you're someone's alt (a claim that I'm also leaning towards believing, although that in itself is no crime)

A few of your reviews have apparently referenced goings on within the forum, which suggests that your account is an alt, although I definitely won't be someone to condemn you for that.

That's said, some of your critiques have come across as a bit snarky... And that can obviously rub people the wrong way. But of course some responses to your criticism has also been snarky, so whatcha gonna do?

Since we are unable to read anything you've written, (apart from reviews) we lack the ability to judge your qualifications as a reviewer. (Of course technically, reviewer only REALLY need the ability to read and write, but the same can be said of authors). But being able to reference your authorial prowess would be helpful in gauging how valuable we find your opinions.

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All that said, if you do come forward now with your own stories, they will almost certainly face unfair (even if unintentionally unfair) retaliation.

Ultimately, I have no problem with you or your reviews... Hell, you praised the shit out of E.Pact, so I fuckin love you, so far. I disagree with you on some of your ratings, but who cares? Opinions, are indeed like assholes.

Now!

@NoTalentHack, @Stacnash,

You two fuck kiss and make up, and we can all be friends.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Well, @NoTalentHack , you need to be positive about all this - at least you have gotten a better score than that amateur @onehitwanda

 

[NoTalentHack]

*gorging self on negative feedback* MOOOOOOAR!

 

[Stacnash]

His assumptions are that you're attempting to troll (a claim I'm unconvinced of) and that you're someone's alt (a claim that I'm also leaning towards believing, although that in itself is no crime

My account is over a year old, or so, but I've only started using it more regularly.

I've been a reader on this site for a long time, but a lurker on the forum for far less time than that. My earliest forum memory was the nasty episode where 8letters stole content from JCMcNeilly and published it under his own name. Maybe a year ago? Whenever that was. In the main, I use the forums for story recommendations and to scout promising writers to read.

I've always preferred to leave comments anonymously, but a month or so ago, a user called @BobbyandtheCabin objected to some detailed feedback which I'd left anonymously on his story, Asleep in the Log Cabin.

His objection was aired in a forum thread where he attempted to incite a dog-pile against me and my views, which my friend and I saw immediately as lurkers. At that point, I lit him up and didn't do it anonymously.

After Bobby was criticised for attempting the dog-pile by others on the forum, he eventually apologised to me after seeing the error of his ways. We're cool and we put it behind us.

However, now that I've kept commenting with my profile, as opposed to doing so anonymously, other users have also attempted the same dog-pile tactics on the forums. Not many, but NoTalentHack, Oneagainst and someone called Onehitwanda all used my reviews to do the same as Bobby. Wanda's was bizarre because she outright stated herself that she wished she was half the writer that Jackie.O.Hikaru and JC McNeilly are, and my score aligns with that. She said so herself. I don't know her, I'm sure she's lovely. It's not personal.

I don't mind people dismissing my views because that's an author's right. Just as it's my right to leave the review because I took the time to read the piece. Some of the authors I review only get comments once per month, on average, or even less. If someone does a good job, I like giving them a well-earned pat on the back. Some of the messages I've had from those I've reviewed have been so lovely. But if the work is average, or terrible, I'll say so in a nice clear voice and, again, it's not personal.

That said, I just don't want people to lie.

Don't do what NoTalentHack did and act like a deranged child and delete comments, then lie about what was in them in the first place. Don't lie and say that there were multiple "obvious insults", that the feedback was offered in bad faith or that I'm a fraud, or a sock puppet, or an alt, or a frustrated middling writer or some of the things he claimed during his meltdown over the last 24 hours. Neither Bobby or Wanda or Oneagainst or that other guy did that.

Since we are unable to read anything you've written, (apart from reviews) we lack the ability to judge your qualifications as a reviewer. But being able to reference your authorial prowess would be helpful in gauging how valuable we find your opinions.

That's your mistake though, there is no "we". There's no barrier to entry for leaving feedback here besides the Comments Policy and no one needs a "qualification" to leave a review. If you think the opposite, then that's lunacy. Do I also need a special qualification to vote in an election? Stop and think before defending your friend makes you look like a moron. You're anything but a moron.

The facts of the matter are clear. The only ones upset are those who didn't get the glowing review they demanded. If you don't like the review, just delete it and move on with your life. That's definitely what the three-star general should be doing.

I think every writer's efforts are valuable, whether I've said you were brilliant or not.

I'm going back to lurking and reading my stories. Just, for the love of God, stop bullying new people. Not everyone's like me and has the skills to make you look stupid for trying it.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

That's your mistake though, there is no "we". There's no barrier to entry for leaving feedback here besides the Comments Policy and no one needs a "qualification" to leave a review. If you think the opposite, then that's lunacy. Do I also need a special qualification to vote in an election? Stop and think before defending your friend makes you look like a moron. You're anything but a moron.

When I say "we", I simply mean other authors.

Obviously, I'm fine with anyone leaving reviews on my stories, which is why I've always allowed anonymous comments on my stories.

What I mean is, I give the most weight to reviews from authors who've written things that I respect. I assume other authors feel similarly. (I know that they know how to succeed, because I've seen them do it)

 

[Red_Herring4]

Just, for the love of God, stop bullying new people. Not everyone's like me and has the skills to make you look stupid for trying it.

You write:

"You're the 12th best writer I've reviewed on Literotica so far out of 26 ... Are you as good as [names redacted]? No. You're not on the same planet as them, but they're exceptional. There's no shame in being good when others are great."

I've no problem with your judging a single story on its own merits. But believing you can compare and rank authors against each other, in this case based on a sample size of one story, is either willfully ignorant or intentionally provocative.

Also, you write:

"Just, for the love of God, stop bullying new people."

After you've already written:

"... if you're half as good as they are, you'll be fortunate and I'll be amazed."

"...thin-skinned diva..."

"When my comments are written better than your stories, you've got bigger things to worry about."

"Stop and think before defending your friend makes you look like a moron. You're anything but a moron."

If you want to be a serious critic, be a serious critic. If "it's not personal," then don't make it personal. Don't taunt and name call when authors have the audacity to bristle at your unimpeachable criticism. Leave your review and let it speak for itself. You come off as obsessed with what onehitwanda said about this review or NoTalentHack said about that review or what Bobbysoandso said about your review on some other thread. If you'd turn your critical eye on yourself for a moment, I'm sure you'd agree that some of your behavior comes across as attention seeking rather than fair and balanced criticism, no?

 

[Djmac1031]

Not a Comment, but picked up four new followers in the past several hours. No idea what story may have brought them in as there's no new "Favorites" added by any of them.

But still...hi, welcome. Nice to have you.

 

[NoTalentHack]

You write:

"You're the 12th best writer I've reviewed on Literotica so far out of 26 ... Are you as good as [names redacted]? No. You're not on the same planet as them, but they're exceptional. There's no shame in being good when others are great."

I've no problem with your judging a single story on its own merits. But believing you can compare and rank authors against each other, in this case based on a sample size of one story, is either willfully ignorant or intentionally provocative.

Also, you write:

"Just, for the love of God, stop bullying new people."

After you've already written:

"... if you're half as good as they are, you'll be fortunate and I'll be amazed."

"...thin-skinned diva..."

"When my comments are written better than your stories, you've got bigger things to worry about."

"Stop and think before defending your friend makes you look like a moron. You're anything but a moron."

If you want to be a serious critic, be a serious critic. If "it's not personal," then don't make it personal. Don't taunt and name call when authors have the audacity to bristle at your unimpeachable criticism. Leave your review and let it speak for itself. You come off as obsessed with what onehitwanda said about this review or NoTalentHack said about that review or what Bobbysoandso said about your review on some other thread. If you'd turn your critical eye on yourself for a moment, I'm sure you'd agree that some of your behavior comes across as attention seeking rather than fair and balanced criticism, no?

The funny thing is, I actually didn’t have a huge problem with their review of In Health as a review; it does have some structural problems, because I was so excited about the idea that I released it when it could have used another editing pass or two.

It’s actually their review of oneagainst and djrip’s stuff that made me go “oh, this person either doesn’t know their ass from a hole in the ground, or they’re out here trolling.” All other evidence pointed to the latter, so I called a spade a spade. They then thought I was over here boohooing because a random person didn’t like my story. Have they seen the comment section in LW? If reader feedback affected me like that, I’d have written one story and dipped.

So, incompetent and brittle or troll? Hey, whichever. I know where I’d put my money, but I’ve been wrong before.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Not a Comment, but picked up four new followers in the past several hours. No idea what story may have brought them in as there's no new "Favorites" added by any of them.

But still...hi, welcome. Nice to have you.

Probably runaways from Wanda.

 

[Djmac1031]

Probably runaways from Wanda.

I'll take her runoff anytime.