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notleyab
 08 Feb 2012, 08:24 #141345 Reply To Post
Getting a bit quiet on the message board, so I thought I'd mention Bikerjob's demolition of Peter Ross4's Supreme Bloody Joker.
Compelling reading.
NickPoole
 08 Feb 2012, 09:38 #141346 Reply To Post
A disgraceful revenge review.

Don't know why I laughed. Shame on me.
STOP THE BILL
rosefitzrobert
 08 Feb 2012, 09:55 #141347 Reply To Post
Good morning fellas (it's officially morning here and now)

Well, N and N and a controversy - twas like waving a red rag in front of a bull - had to go look. Unfortunately, Ross4's original review is no longer there.

I dunno, I suppose it's funny in a train wreck kind of way. Maybe Bikerjob and I should start an anger management support group for po'd writers?

notleyab
 08 Feb 2012, 10:04 #141348 Reply To Post
Have another coffee Lyngerie,
It's still there under Ross4.
And to save Nick the effort:
My – this is the most complete pile of – shite – I have ever read on this site. Ok – I’ve read worse – but – since Mr Ross Four’s critique of one of my stories reads like he IS the new Hemmingway – he suggested I read ‘great’ short stories – so I could improve ? – hell – if it was that easy.

By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.

... filling the word count – again.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.

all 2's - I want you to fight with Ed to get them removed.
Date of Review : 07 Feb 2012 | Review No. : 191542
EDIT: Eureka - you mean the post that prompted the reply.
Anyway...
This post was last edited by notleyab, 08 Feb 2012, 10:06
dancingsue
 08 Feb 2012, 10:05 #141349 Reply To Post
I always think it's best not to review someone who has annoyed you, as peterross4 clearly did.

Unfortunately, having been published doesn't stop a person writing crap, as I know all too well.

I've always found bikerjob's reviews uncomfortably pertinent, so I'm surprised he would do this. I'll bet he wishes he hadn't.

the long and the short of it

karen milner
 08 Feb 2012, 10:24 #141350 Reply To Post
Bikerjob gave Ross4 all twos! I generally get ones from him, he must be going soft in his old age.
ajblack4567
 08 Feb 2012, 10:35 #141351 Reply To Post
Ha! The gloves are off.

Well, in this refreshing spirit of unfettered candour, I'm going to just say here and now that I CANNOT ABIDE FANTASY. I know we're supposed to lay genre preferences aside, but I can't. I refuse all fantasy pieces I'm assigned for review. I just find them all so puerile and - well, silly.

So here's my fantasy avoidance strategy in full:

- if any of the characters have an "x" in their name, I pass.
- if there are any Hobbit/elf/leprechaun type characters, I pass.
- if any of the place names have an "x" in them I pass.
- if there is any mention of a crystal, magic or otherwise, I pass.
- if it is an excerpt from Book 3 of a cycle of seven, all of which have 130,000 words and read like they've been written by a pubescent illiterate with overdeveloped rescue fantasies, I pass.

So which genres do you all think are completely and utterly, without exception, pish?

Mine is fantasy; not sure I mentioned that.
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notleyab
 08 Feb 2012, 10:46 #141352 Reply To Post
Quote: ajblack4567, Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012 10:35
- if any of the place names have an "x" in them I pass.
.


Please delete all references to Axbridge, Exeter, Oxford and Uttoxeter............
dancingsue
 08 Feb 2012, 11:09 #141353 Reply To Post
While I don't think you can completely generalise about Fantasy, some being so gritty and realistic that you forget it's off-time/world, if I see any mention of King Arthur, it's automatically scrubbed. Along with most of the rest. If it isn't gripping in the first line, it's had it. If that seems harsh, think of all the guff agents have to wade through. I'll bet the first word has to grab them.
the long and the short of it

rosefitzrobert
 08 Feb 2012, 11:18 #141354 Reply To Post
Quote: notleyab, Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012 10:04
Have another coffee Lyngerie,
It's still there under Ross4.
And to save Nick the effort:
My – this is the most complete pile of – shite – I have ever read on this site. Ok – I’ve read worse – but – since Mr Ross Four’s critique of one of my stories reads like he IS the new Hemmingway – he suggested I read ‘great’ short stories – so I could improve ? – hell – if it was that easy.

By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.

... filling the word count – again.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.
By the way, Mr Ross Four, are you published? – in case you didn’t know – I am.

all 2's - I want you to fight with Ed to get them removed.
Date of Review : 07 Feb 2012 | Review No. : 191542
EDIT: Eureka - you mean the post that prompted the reply.
Anyway...


I saw bikerjob's review. I was looking for Ross4's review as well, the one that got him mad. That's not there anymore. I just wanted to see how vicariously mad I might get...

I should add that bikerjob did a review for me, and he made some pertinent and helpful comments. When I started reading it however, I didn't expect much because it began with this:

"’m not sure how much of the opening of this is relevant – to a book shop browser – with quotes from the King James & Peter Gabriel – I suspect you will already have put a lot of people off – me included – but, I need a credit so I will read on..."

Well, I'm glad he did read on, and so did I. Don't recall if I ever thanked you bikerjob, so if not: Thank you!
This post was last edited by rosefitzrobert, 08 Feb 2012, 11:35
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