A Rant

["Ivy Gort" <ivygort@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kimber Said:

> This fic has gotten a less than stellar response from these two lists so
> I'm pulling it and I'm not going to post it here anymore. I've gotten
> some (i.e. SEVERAL) veiled flames and not so veiled flames OFF-list and
> I'm quite frankly not up to dealing with it. This has been a loose list
> in the past...after all, Pat posted his Buffy/Faith fic here and I
> thought you guys would stick with me on this one. Oh well.

My Rant:

This is complete and total crap and just should not happen.

I could understand it a little bit if it wasn't a "list reg." After all I 
got flamed for my Faith/Buffy story Time-Travel for its F/F content. And it 
turned out to be some weird right winger that was flaming all 'sinful 
fiction'.

But, a list reg? That's too far.

When I left this list it was one of nicest list I'd ever been on. It had 
some of the most talented writers I had read (Kimber being one of them) and 
now because of flames--we are losing her? Does anyone else feel sick over 
this situation? And what happens when KImber is driven away? Who's next? 
Alex? Pat Kelly? Me? I know my fiction isn't up to par, so if I post it 
will it be riped up, too?

Well, we can't help the stupid miss guided opinions of other people--we can 
only speak for ourselves. When I re-subbed yesterday I noticed that this 
list had grown to over 300 people. I also noticed that less than 30 people 
normally post messages, or about ten percent. I admit that some of you guys 
send feedback off-list, which is only polite, but how many have never sent 
an author feedback?

How many, read, click and delete and move on? I'm not saying that reader 
apathy is the entire reason we are loosing KImber--but I remember the awful 
crushing feeling I got when I read the flame about my story. And it was 
only through the continued and on going support from a few people on the 
BuffyNFaith list that I started writing again.

All I'm saying is, that the as a writer, if we get 100 posts saying peopled 
liked a story it takes the sting out of the one or two saying that we are 
talentless hacks or f**king dykes.

Kimber has made her choice, she has a right to take her tremendous talent 
and leave. Now it's up to us to make our own choices--click, delete and 
move on? Or let the writers know that through their hard work they created 
something that for a brief period of time gave us some enjoyment.

End of rant.

Oh and if you feel like flaming me use this addy and don't waste the lists 
time. Ivygort@xxxxxxxxxxx



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