tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post5763975659699832403..comments2024-03-29T04:45:49.589+00:00Comments on penelope fletcher: Bad Review Leading to Memories of RejectionMiss Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278839102817851843noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-27624994082277599212011-09-09T05:15:58.850+01:002011-09-09T05:15:58.850+01:00I can't say enough how much I loved Demon Girl...I can't say enough how much I loved Demon Girl, Demon Day,& am anxiously awaiting Demon Dark.Yes, I loved it enough I will be willing to buy it & I'm on disability payments from the government which in the USA is not alot on a fixed income, my husband works, but we have four kids (24,12,9,& 8 years old). I don't get the criticism, really, the style, story,& characters I love. If I was writing the story it would be no fun because I would already know what was going to happen, the spice of life is the variety.You can't please everybody all the time, so please yourself & all will fall into place. Enjoy what you do & it will show in your work. I am grateful for writers like yourself who write for the enjoyment. You are very talentedand will only grow as you continue in your ministrations,& you better continue! Never let one of your gifts disappear due to non-use (if you don't use it, you lose it)!<br /> Enough babble from me, go write something! ;•)Doodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347441381383968233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-5074474201966339642011-01-07T15:19:29.188+00:002011-01-07T15:19:29.188+00:00Thank you Nicole!!!Thank you Nicole!!!Miss Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278839102817851843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-10924006522069838302011-01-01T02:48:14.246+00:002011-01-01T02:48:14.246+00:00Just wanted to say I very much enjoyed the book. I...Just wanted to say I very much enjoyed the book. I just got a nook for xmas and yours was the first book I read on it. Can't wait for thhe next One!nicolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-16104918926339508182010-12-10T23:04:56.003+00:002010-12-10T23:04:56.003+00:00Hi Shiawase,
I like the fact you explain what you...Hi Shiawase,<br /><br />I like the fact you explain what you'd like to read, but then note that it would be <i>your</i> book.<br /><br />My hope is that the revised edition will stop people from taking shots at the errors and focus on the story. I tend to find that those who can appreciate that I'm an Indie and that this was my first attempt can rise above stating the obvious and reviewing the story I've told. Those reviews are always the most helpful.<br /><br />I appreciate that some might not have read the book if they had to buy it, which is why I offered it as free. I wanted to remove that barrier. If people like the story line enough hopefully they will buy the sequel, which won't cost that much; 0.99 to 1.99 as a digital download.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting and I'm glad you enjoyed the story :)Miss Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278839102817851843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-72026782171206565672010-12-07T17:54:07.738+00:002010-12-07T17:54:07.738+00:00It's much much harder to create than to critiq...It's much much harder to create than to critique. (I can barely put together a blog post, so I applaud your talent to write and self-publish a trilogy) I don't think you are alone in being affected by reviews. Stephen Fry for instance won't read reviews, won't let people tell him about reviews, he doesn't even read newspapers. <br /><br />Rejection would seem to be the norm for writers, most of whom could probably paper a room with the rejections they got before being published. <br /><br />There's a lot of hate and bile in comments on the Internet. Maybe less so in reviews because of the effort needed to write something that's long, although I have to think why bother with the negative why not concentrate on trying to point out all the neat stuff that's out there.<br /><br />I liked your book. I look forward to the sequel. I would like to know more about the human world and backstory. (If it were me I'd have left the reveal that Rae is a demon/fairy to the end of book one. Show what life she is losing and leave the reader tantalised about what happens next. but that'd be my book) Two weeks after reading it, I can't remember the mistakes. Even at the time I wasn't that aware of many, or enough to break the flow of the story. But while I'd judge the story and entertainment value in the same way as more mainstream work, I'm also willing to give some slack to something free and self published. <br />I downloaded it because it showed up in the recent books in Feedbooks on Stanza when I was looking for something to read. The cover attracted my attention. It is very professional. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have paid for it, certainly not the standard cover price of a paperback. I might pay for a sequel, depending on the price! <br /><br />I feel you have something. I had no particular investment in the book, it's not really a genre I'd normally read. I could easily have deleted it if I wasn't enjoying it. But I finished it, fairly quickly. I sought out your web site. (The flashness makes that difficult on iOS btw) and will look out for the next book. <br /><br />I don't know if you are aware of them but check out Eric Flint (Baen) and Cory Doctorow on e-publishing, no drm and giving away your writing. For them at least it paradoxically pays dividends. <br />You seem to have cracked the first obstacle, you have gotten your work in front of an audience. <br /><br />Best wishes in your further endeavours, I'm sure you will have a sympathetic editor and professional proofreaders someday.shiawasehttp://shiawase.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-60138389732610495282010-11-22T15:25:47.817+00:002010-11-22T15:25:47.817+00:00Thanks Sharde. Your comments really hit home, and ...Thanks Sharde. Your comments really hit home, and made me laugh.<br /><br />I am fierce.Miss Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278839102817851843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875200132124921862.post-71157161676930641342010-11-22T00:11:35.699+00:002010-11-22T00:11:35.699+00:00Don't sweat it. People like what they like, an...Don't sweat it. People like what they like, and bash what they don't. Sometimes they say ass backward( I'm from the South in the U.S., please excuse the idiom) things to make themselves feel better. Because at the end of the day, the point is that you were the braver one--you won't that damn book, not them!--and sent it into the world for criticism. <br /><br />There are only two types of people that would do something insane like that: a person that is a fool or a person that is fierce.<br /><br />Which one are you?Sharde(Shar-day)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15745932159705284821noreply@blogger.com