Quote:I've always wondered to myself, "If they've got a problem with this, why don't they write me directly?"Well, in my case, it was mostly because your quirks really didn't ruin my enjoyment, and there were no real structural problems that made it difficult to read your work. (Unlike, say, someone with no grasp of grammar or spelling.) I've mostly given up on offering unsolicited commentary to people because of several other reasons as well. First, I've not given all the solicited commentary I've been asked for (sorry, JBern -- among others -- if you're reading this). Second when I did offer unsolicited comments and advice to people long ago in the past, it was to people who both really needed it and didn't want it *coughcough*skysaber*coughcough* and made the latter abundantly clear when they bothered to reply at all. Nowadays, if a fic is too screwed up, I don't try to help the author, I just dump it in the circular file. And if it's not at that level, I enjoy it for as long as it lasts or I can, whichever comes first.
Now, in regards to "The Loon and the Ladies etc.", regardless of what I thought of some of the technical aspects of your earlier work, I took it as an immense compliment that you wanted to play in my sandbox, and I was more than delighted to welcome you in. If you ever change your mind about abandoning it, I will be here with open arms welcoming you back.
(Oh, and in regards to some of that earlier work of yours? I would gladly pay you money to see more of "Lonely Hearts".)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.