A gentle reminder that you should always resist the temptation to tag a creative person into a negative review of their work. It doesn't matter what your intentions are, it's kind of an asshole maneuver. You are free to say whatever you like, of course. Making it their problem, however, is not kind.
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But that's just me
It cheers us up and it helps us keep writing if, say, we're at the 40,000 word mark in a novel and every word starts feeling like we're slogging through a cypress swamp in heavy boots and trying not to tread on any cottonmouths.
Asking for a critique is asking for a critique. "Hey, Joe, can you read this and tell me what you think?"
Thank you for doing what you do.
They pushed just the right button to piss me off! :)
To my surprise, the translator appeared, defending the work. She didn't make good points and I avoid her translations since then.
I'm currently reading a book in translation and getting a sinking feeling that it's not very good. 😕
It is a bad feeling. You know that story won't be translated ever again, all you have is that bad version.
If you want to hear a good variety of UK accents in audiobooks, Kobna Holbrook-Smith reading the Rivers of London series is fantastic. Ben Aaronovitch keeps giving him more and more accents to do, from all over.
Something I am ranting about so many times to my husband.
I love Jack Black, but recently he was involved in voice acting for a character that wasn't a fit at all.
Similar to have big names in movies instead of finding the best match for characters.
Also you’re right, authors (creators) should never engage with bad reviews/reviewers.
Scads of mean kid tweets later, weeks later, got message from group account *thanking me.*
THEY WERE VICTIMS. Which is why they GOT AWAY from their exploiters and thanked me.
Full disclosure: I do this partly because my “liking” your review puts it in my feed where my followers can see it. (Marketing!)
I'm more jaded now.
(A certain author whose work I love dearly had a bad reputation for doing that. 😬)
I swooned a bit when he responded.
Tagging always felt needy, but I understood that to tag was to boost algorithmically, so I would do it for any review, positive or negative.
Wait, in keeping with the theme, YOU SUCK SCALZI AND YOU USED TO BE BETTER
You never know the day, week or life they’re in the middle of. Yours may be just a voice in the chorus but you can’t know that. And the good you can do is amazing.
If I don’t do this then I feel don’t deserve the internet.
I mean: you don't like it?.. fine, move on.
Don't tell others what they should think.
Who tf would do such a thing
Getting dragged in, not the guy who found me so great he had no words left.
😇
Some of us would like to create something noteworthy enough to garner even a negative review. And there are certain people I'd like to make uncomfortable with my creative work.
If it was a situation where I truly didn't know, I'd appreciate a tap on the shoulder about a review.
I criticized his work The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Kindness matters.
Thanks for speaking out !
> t. Market
It's not even actual historical fiction...it's a *Robin Hood* book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KHRXW6Z
(I mean, I think you and I both know the number that someone leaving that review would actually prefer, but I can't help but wonder if anything has been said on the matter.)
In this specific case, their beefs were:
1. "Robin and Marian were a gay couple." Not true, Marian doesn't exist and Robin is sleeping with Little John.
2. Friar Tuck being asexual somehow insults every allosexual person who has ever taken a vow of celibacy.
You'd think it was common sense, but I recently had someone tag a creator in a critical post I made as if that was appropriate
but if it’s just not your cup of tea, i 100% agree with you.
That said, I've done it maybe five times at most.
We know they're there. Believe me.
Sometimes gently conveying that sentiment is the difference in them finding that greatness.☮️
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This doesn't apply to all forms of art, but I feel like for ones it does work with (books, games, movies, etc.) ppl generally tend to tag the name of the work itself and not the name of the author/developer/director.
Doing so enriches humanity more than reaching a level of judgment.
I'm sure you are not without cause for criticism.
Even Jesus had his critics.
There's Tumblr discourse about this that says I should always tag (at least) when positive, but no.
Blue Sky hasn't got the vibe of the old Twitter yet. I think it's the operating system or whatever the technical name is. It might just be full of scared refugees from X.
It never occurred to me to even consider doing that.