tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454371801008239600.post1465048455996562766..comments2023-07-01T04:29:02.008-07:00Comments on The Brain Blog: reviewsKrissy Kneenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196014057831018914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454371801008239600.post-41589745934210015092008-12-05T13:43:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:43:00.000-08:00You are very welcome...You are very welcome...Zen Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969372381654737050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454371801008239600.post-45924033000270522772008-12-05T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:34:00.000-08:00No I did go read the reviews and thank you. I am ...No I did go read the reviews and thank you. I am going to have to get used to all kinds of reviews. I know other writers who feel crippled by them but I have indeed put myself out there and am expecting very high-school responses, but I am glad there are people like you who have a counter vision.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Krissy Kneenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196014057831018914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454371801008239600.post-40029086292830827042008-12-05T13:01:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:01:00.000-08:00Hi Krissy,I started reading this blog entry and fl...Hi Krissy,<BR/><BR/>I started reading this blog entry and flicked over to nerve.com before I finished reading it all. I left a comment and afterward came back to finish reading the rest of your blog and found that you may not read the reviews, so I have posted it here - because I agree that thoughtless chatter is pointless and because you should know what others think of your work. It's how writers grow to be better authors.<BR/><BR/>I wrote:<BR/><BR/>"I admire the truth I see in this author's work, and admire her ability to shed the glossy veneer of life to show us what lies beneath. I don't find her work completely and utterly pointless. I find it brave and honest and real. <BR/><BR/>What I find completely and utterly pointless is people's inability to allow others to freely express without being shamed or condemned for the act. I guess it all boils down to how secure you are within yourself and how safe you feel when you venture into another's world. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, we are not all cut from the same bolt of cloth. We all like and dislike different things. I respect ZXZ's right to comment, but find it hard to respect them for requesting this author to not waste bandwidth in future. <BR/><BR/>When any writer stirs something in me, particularly something that makes me uncomfortable, it makes me sit back and wonder why. It is a perfect opportunity to examine and journey within. <BR/><BR/>There were parts in this piece of work that made me squirm in my seat for a bit. And deep down, I know the reasons why that might be. But my fleeting discomfort doesn't give me the right to stop someone's creative expression. <BR/><BR/>I found her work engaging, and her writing beautiful despite the short-lived discomfort that I experienced in parts. More power to her, I say, for stepping into a land that few of us are brave enough to traverse. <BR/>--Zenq"<BR/><BR/><BR/>I am an honest and fair person, and if I thought someone's work sucked, I'd tell them - not to hurt them but to perhaps help them see things a different way, in order to grow.<BR/><BR/> I guess the downside of reviews are the pointless chattery lot who can't deal with their inner workings when a writer challenges them to step beyond the safe predetermined boundaries they reside it. If someone responds unkindly to my work, and they can't offer a valid and intelligent reason for their choice, then I guess I just have to look with a wider lens and consider the source - and that usually explains most things.<BR/><BR/>Personally, the fact that you got a response like that from Captain Bandwidth tells me that you hit a nerve right there. It tells me that your writing affected him/her. That tells me that as a writer, you did your job and did it well. And for the reasons above, it also tells me that his/her knee-jerk reaction and mindless comment is actually a compliment and not a complaint.<BR/><BR/>Well done, sister.Zen Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969372381654737050noreply@blogger.com