tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post1369641105165607772..comments2023-10-26T06:39:37.076-07:00Comments on Ariel Emerald: Family Friends and your novelFantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-8285405792799489272010-03-31T20:36:00.434-07:002010-03-31T20:36:00.434-07:00Stay away from the shrinks!!Stay away from the shrinks!!FantasticFictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-71974258161916604812010-03-31T20:35:15.704-07:002010-03-31T20:35:15.704-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.FantasticFictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-55691024707972475052010-03-31T20:00:41.933-07:002010-03-31T20:00:41.933-07:00Alyson,
I must admit that I'd hesitate showin...Alyson,<br /><br />I must admit that I'd hesitate showing my work to a psychologist, especially if she were my mother!Joy V. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17186246075833915361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-6065993891565087012010-03-31T19:58:39.787-07:002010-03-31T19:58:39.787-07:00I have a sister who's a tough critic. No way ...I have a sister who's a tough critic. No way she'd say she likes something if she doesn't, and she's helped me with my fiction and non-fiction--proofreading and making suggestions, which includes ideas and titles. <br /><br />My mother liked to read my work and always praised it, even when she didn't understand some of my SF ideas, I suspect. The closest she got to criticism was--Couldn't they have gotten married first. (The story couldn't have worked then.)Joy V. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17186246075833915361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-14276174905153464582010-03-30T14:42:33.040-07:002010-03-30T14:42:33.040-07:00My best friend is a to-be author like us, so we sw...My best friend is a to-be author like us, so we swap novels frequently and offer pretty intense critique. The trouble is, what with life and all it's difficult to work through so many rough drafts. But that's the same for any reader of yours...<br /><br />I've put off showing my work my mum for years. She's a psychologist and I'm pretty sure she'll write me off as insane if she gets close to my novels, heh.<br /><br />SAVE THE BETAS! =DAlysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950629760060046846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-65912006400037053792010-03-30T12:55:42.765-07:002010-03-30T12:55:42.765-07:00Justine- lol! I hope they were very enterntained w...Justine- lol! I hope they were very enterntained with your novel(s)! Not ALL my family reads my book but advice is good. I too leave the rest of the issues and critiquing for the beta! Our poor betas are probably overworked. :DFantasticFictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-30914093910357266712010-03-30T12:37:18.784-07:002010-03-30T12:37:18.784-07:00I blogged about this once too! I let my family rea...I blogged about this once too! I let my family read it. Just for entertainment value, they are will read anything I put in front of them...lol. They're not really "romance" readers, sav one, so I take their advice with a grain of salt. They are mainly there for typos and things the really don't understand. Other than that, I leave everything else to the beta. YAY BETA!! ;-)JEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390400360357693403noreply@blogger.com