Most of the people on my flist are writers (hello to all five or six of you), so perhaps someone can give me some insight.  When authors put a note at the end of their chapters that's something along the lines of "Please leave me a review.  Even if it's awful, tell me" do they really mean it?  I'm not talking about mean-spirited flames. I mean ( Read more... )

I have just finished yet another chapter of one of the worst written fanfic stories I've ever read.  I'm disgusted with the author, with the reviewers who aren't intelligent enough to recognize bad writing when they see it, and the mods who allow this sort of drivel to stink up the Internet.  I mean honestly!  If I'd have read these kinds of ( Read more... )

Would the real Hermione Granger please stand up ( Read more... )