Now that was an entertaining piece of writing! I'd be interested in anything your writing Jason.
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:06:57 -0800 Subject: Re: Possible answer From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sean, You are wrong in regards to the King and the malady, which has struck him. (you are also wrong if you think that was a proper sentence) Yes, Pug comes back as a "dark" robe. There are also "forces of evil" in Ray's works that battle "forces of good" but that's probably too derivative for a genius such as yourself, I imagine. Ray uses the word "reverie" to often? Well, you use too many hyphens. I use too many paragraph breaks. Style choices are a bitch, aren't they? You said "Here's another just be going on with" WHAT THE HOLY HELL DOES THAT EVEN MEAN??? Seriously dude, I know not everyone is a native English speaker, but if you're going to try and criticize an English author, you should probably try to have some degree of mastery of the English language. I'd wager that most of the things you criticize you're doing so because your grasp of the language is too shaky. And if you are a native English speaker, your helmet is on too tight. I'm sorry for the personal attacks - sort of. You appear to be a self-righteous asshole, and I have very low tolerance for such. If I have misjudged you, I apologize. Somehow, I think I nailed this one, though. You complain about the cultural insensitivity of calling Tchakalakakalal (whatever the heck his name was) "Charles" but guess what, Sean - that's your cultural bias. Ray isn't writing a book about 21st century dorks who communicate via email. He's writing about soldiers and people in a fantasy realm - they don't give a damn about your own cultural sensitivity. If you can't even suspend disbelief that much, I shudder to imagine what your "book" looks like. Christ, you'd have Huck Finn calling Jim an "African-American"! As for the conversation re: Charles, the cho-Ja, and the Tsurani - it's called exposition. Sometimes, it's a necessary element of writing. Yes - we all know Charles' countrymen are tsuranni. Yes, we know that the cho-ja language is impossible to learn, and the cho-ja therefore speak Tsuranni. But - and here's where the whole "author" thing comes in - MAYBE GARRET DOESN'T KNOW THAT!!! If you can't understand the most basic elements of conversation (and judging by your posts here, you can't) then you aren't going to do a very good job of writing a novel that anyone is going to want to read. Unless your audience enjoys long awkward silences. You want to read authors who are going to challenge you - have you tried Spencer? Donne? Chaucer? Shakespeare? Milton? Shall I go on? You don't think Feist is challenging? Guess what - he's not. He writes ripping good yarns. Ray is a storyteller. He keeps it simple. Damn him the lazy bastard. I didn't come here to be entertained, I came to the email list of a fantasy author because I was hoping he'd teach me principles of zen meditation and particle phyiscs! There is one area where we agree though - your writing is surprising. I'm surprised I just spent 10 minutes trying to explain things to you that anyone with a 5th grade education would already be aware of. Idiot. Damn, there I go with the personal attacks again. But hey, if the shoe fits... On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I have a right to my comments, the fact many have not taken these very well - at all, says more about them, than myself: My points were... Ok tell me I am wrong in regards the King and the malady, which has struck him? Tell me please, and I have read neither of these parts yet , but Pug comes back as a dark robe? Sorry predictable!!! What is the point in me reading something, where I know what is going to transpire next? My own work takes me by surprise at times and I have written it, why is this such a feat to ask by - as you said it yourselves of best selling authors? Admittedly this is not even just Feist! He uses the word reverie too often, and in the wrong context. What are wrong with, and here's just a few - the words: contemplation, musings? Here's another just be going on with, there is a piece where he states, where the hunters check the Tsurani have left traps. Erm does he not mean - not, or is this some cunning attempt to lure the Tsurani into a false sense of security? And this is the place my patience held out no more, and if I am wrong please correct me? Garret asked, "What if some of your fellow countrymen had been along?" Charles shrugged. "The cho-ja would have been speaking Tsurani. Their language is almost impossible to learn, so no one tries." Hold on, I thought Charles's countrymen were Tsurani, that was the whole point? And I know the cho-ja can speak the same language as them! Also, I also lost empathy for the characters when they insisted on calling the poor Asian-like bugger - Charles; how very worldly of them... nothing like having an openmind to new cultures. I suppose, we should be relieved that they did not refer to him as Bert, Bob or Frank the like? I am actually less than two thirds through the first book... I just feel if he is not prepared to make the effort to get these things right and consistent, why should I? And this is not just me, other people have - and these are avid fans, but raging inconsistencies between books. It is not worth arguing about either, I wanted to be blown-away by this book and get into reading the entire series. I want to find other authors who are better than I think I am and be challenged, then I can learn something from them! I have admittedly learnt some things from Feist, but there is somewhat more I am disappointed with, but unfortunately this is a fact, and I wish it were not so - I absolutely wish I had found his book more challenging. And no, I don't lurk under bridges, just on a weekend, in scarlet make up, and a frock - besides... the police have already warned about that! In a message dated 27/01/2012 12:35:08 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Anestis Kozakis <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, basically you come to the list, put down Ray's work, and push your > own work as superior even though you are not published and Ray is > consistently in the new York Times Best Seller list? > > This screams of Troll. > > I think you might be on the wrong list. > >> Yours Sean Sebastian White > > Anestis. > -- > Anestis Kozakis | [email protected] | http://www.akozakis.id.au/ > > Well summarized, the ultimate caricature of critic. Since we know the most brilliant and inciteful (Spelling intentional) minds are misunderstood and thus will never be recognized or published in their own lifetime LAR -- If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory. -Tony Robbins
