On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, RPM - acct 3/5 wrote:

All right.

I may get flamed for this, but at this point, someone's gotta
speak out.

The ffml has no taste.  If the ffml were a human, it'd be wearing neon
pink skis, a polka-dot suit, a Barney tie, and the car it would drive
would be a rusty Ford Pinto rigged with neon lights and a wretched
rendition of 'viva las vegas' blaring every time you honk the horn. 

And the License Plate would be WOMBAT-1, I hope :)
 

Mike Loader, along with Susan Doenime, has been writing one of
the most original and well thought-out stories I've ever read,
'Ill Met By Starlight'.  It's dark, sharp, and at times it's
very chilling.

It's also gotten zero response from this list.

I'll note myself that except for a handful people who are on my 'always
give them some kind of critique, no matter how feeble', I find myself more
likely to offer C&C on something that isn't top notch, simply because I
have limited time and I'd rather use it to give a new author the help I
never got when I was starting out. I'm also more likely to comment on
something short, which I can actually finish before the apocalypse.

I'll also note that I'm usually lucky to get more than 3 replies of any
kind on any non-DNR story I write.  (The DNR list is very good about
snowing me under with critiques )

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you
live near him."  J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit.