90,446. Well darn. Blogger ate the post this should have been. Not a happy camper. Ok, quick recap. First, I joined then unjoined a critique group and got nothing done for my work. What a freaking waste, I'm really annoyed with myself for this. Someone took issue with my critique and really, truly went off on me in an email made public to other members of the list. I don't have time for that kind of, well, forgive me, but that nonsense. Example, I spent one sentence to point out a consistent punctuation error and she replied that she knew her punctuation is wretched and how dare I bring it up. I also told her her story was good but I felt she was perhaps not taking full advantage of the hero she started out with and who was not present in the rest of the work. You know what, in all those long horrid years when I was really really struggling with issues exactly like hers, I wish to heck I'd been an RWA member and getting help (however painful) from writers who had paid their dues. Trust me, I have paid mine. And then there was another member whose work was fantastic. I am so jealous of her, except for this one thing, which is she stopped working on it. Well, shoot. I could just bop that woman on the head for depriving me of her story and I'll just say this: Less competition for me.
posted by Carolyn @ 3/16/2003 01:48:00 PM Permalink
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