I don’t know why I didn’t think of this earlier….
If you can read this, you are on a select filter of people whose opinions I would value in helping me refine my writing. This, obviously, doesn’t oblige anyone to actually do so.
What I’ll do, I think, is give the sort of piece it is, length, and ask for comments for those available and willing to be literary guinea pigs. If you know you haven’t time or inclination, let me know and I’ll remove you so your flist doesn’t get spammed.
ooh! lucky me. Guess I hit the jackpot huh?
I’m not the best at the technical details, but I must warn you I tend to be blunt. I hope you don’t cry easily*. I’m not around for a few days but should be here next week. Do let me know though what kind of crits you are looking for – honest, blunt, constructive, etc. or “Yay! this is GREAT! Huzzah!”**
* I’ve been known. Usually after the fits of tears and “I suck!”, I’ll get an email saying: thank you. Or a suicide note.
**I’m not good at those.
What I am looking for is to fix this and send it off to find an editor. I think that calls for “honest” and “constructive”.
Mind you, that doesn’t mean you can’t say things like, “I wouldn’t buy this”, it just means I’d like to know //why//.
…and, in fact, you hit the jackpot when I realized that I was posting to your 100words group specifically to get your feedback. 🙂