Wow Barack, I didn't know you were literate or could write anything, much less that you were on this list!
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 3:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I submit to your forum please, as I have questions? > > I cannot agree with someone's comments on the Magician, as an author - > presently because of the inconsistencies, I am not even sure it is worth > with the effort in finishing it. I said this to a friend just now: > > I know writing a book is the hardest thing I have ever done in many > respects, but I did not expect... well I was thinking on it just now - I > expected to be enthused by other authors, perhaps sometimes not find what > they are writing about to be particularly of my genre, but I did not expect > to be left feeling disappointed because they make silly spelling mistakes, > place things in the wrong terms - so what they are saying conveys completely > the opposite to what they intend, to be so predictable at times - that I > know what is going to happen several chapters down the line or in the next > book. Not to mention inconsistencies - where I feel the effort I putting > into the book in reading it, is just not worth the effort. > > These all appear, as much as I can gather in the book I am reading at the > moment, and people say Raymond E Feist's work actually becomes less > consistent later, and less well written. > > I was up until 1.30 am the other morning in desperation about the book, > trying to find reasons as to myself not being right, and if there was > alternative books to read. So started looking at the Top 100 Recommended > Fantasy books on the net, and every one of these list consisted of books, > which I had either read or attempted to read and thought was either poor or > was at best overrated... > > Let me put it this way please, I find my own work takes me more by surprise > its twist and turn on the whole and is less predictable - and I wrote it, > than much or most of the work out there, and I have to say I found that with > Magician. Take for instance the King, who is troubled with some malady, well > I have not even read this yet, but I know that it will by his cousin Guy is > it, who will have some hold over him, which is not revealed until later > books. I suspect knowing the 2/3rds of the book of Feist's I have read, it > will be some magical crystal or something. It is pretty much the same > affliction, which troubles the King of Rowan in Lord of the Rings... Come up > with something original writers. It is ironic, that "all" of my work shows > more originality than just about any best selling author out there, and I > believe is also better written, yet it fails to be given a chance > to be recognised!!! > > Here is my work, but it does strike myself that readers are taken for > granted, and both are readers and authors are mired in complacent apathy - > when far, far, far more can and should be done with the realm of writing. > > The synopsis for the book I am currently working on is below: > > The Tallest Dwarf > > > > Yours Sean Sebastian White > > In a message dated 27/01/2012 10:36:35 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Elizabeth, well said! I agree with you. > > 2011/12/21 Elizabeth <[email protected]>: >> Magician is like a degustation , challenging, a blend of subtle flavours >> and >> nuances of texture and smell. Memorable and full of oft relived moments. >> Harry is McDonalds, fast, predictable and filling, but ultimately >> forgettable. We eat at Maccas for a quick feed. Magician is a feast for >> all >> the senses. ( poor pun intended). >> >> Merry everything, Happy always >> >> Elizabeth >> > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
