Subject: RE: [FFML] Pic's Author Reviews
From: "Doug Murphy" <Draxon-X@msn.com>
Date: 8/25/1996, 11:17 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Thank you.

Ahem.  I certainly want some people telling me how good or bad my
fanfics are, and that is, I feel, the main purpose of the list.  If
you just want to post, do it to raac.  My first fanfic, Sour Times,
benefitted from the critiques I got (i.e. Nabiki was almost totally 
eliminated).  My others have been helped the same way.  And I'm an
author who *hates* to rewrite.  Without the critiques (and mild praise),
I'd probably have gone to ground after ST.  We need feedback, hence
this list.  It isn't just "Hey, Look at me!", y'know.

Now, as to my reviews a few weeks back, the list was slow.  I felt
like generating a few comments.  It worked for a bit, but when I
felt I was talking to myself, the reviews stopped.  I also gave
very few harsh reviews, and even those I did (A few of Jeff Rutsch's),
were tempered with good points or other good stuff by the same
author.

Ahh I dunno why I said all that. What I read of the review was basically 
trashing the guy's grammar, usage of Japanese phrases, ability to use comedy, 
etc. Sparked an old fire in me, I guess. Sorry about going overboard, for 
payment I give you full rights to post a review about me after I post part one 
of my Ranma fic. (A project I expected to take weeks is going to be done in 3 
days at this rate!)

Put me on stage, I am taking Acting/1 in high school! ;)

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... Someone in the back of the crowd screamed "RUN AWAY!". Everyone got the 
point, and began desperately escaping the pure and uncontrolled wrath that was 
Akane...

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