Probably best not to link to it. If I were posting it to a fanboard? I'd have deleted the critique of Butcher, Harris, and LKH. People get really weird about critiques of their favorites or obsessions. They act a bit like mother bears protecting their cubs. Men are not exempted from this. I remember getting blasted by a few guys on a fanboard after posting an essay analyzing why I disliked a Buffy episode everyone else adored. I've learned that people are walking landmines and to tread carefully. They tend to forget that for everyone who loves something to peices, there's someone out there who doesn't.
Will state it boggles my mind that someone would actually stand in line at a book signing just to tell a writer that they hate what they have written. Isn't there a better way to spend your time? And how embarrassing. People are weird. I get why you might rant on a discussion board about it - we all do that from time to time. But to buy the book, and then stand in line for a few hours with the express purpose of telling the writer, after she signs the book you bought, that you hate the book and hate the writer? Oookay.
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Re: Kim Harrison is the best Urban Fantasy writer IMO
Date: 2007-08-05 01:36 am (UTC)Will state it boggles my mind that someone would actually stand in line at a book signing just to tell a writer that they hate what they have written. Isn't there a better way to spend your time? And how embarrassing. People are weird. I get why you might rant on a discussion board about it - we all do that from time to time. But to buy the book, and then stand in line for a few hours with the express purpose of telling the writer, after she signs the book you bought, that you hate the book and hate the writer? Oookay.
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