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I don't post often, but I try to entertain when I do. On Jan 28, 2012 4:27 PM, "Jamila Rose" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
