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Now I feel like I'm plugging my twitter feed - I'm not. I'll shut up now. On Jan 28, 2012 4:53 PM, "Jason Green" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not an author, but I play one on the internet. :) > > Feel free to follow me on Twitter - @roosted > > 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 >> >> >>
