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Small Beer doesn't want my book.
They have a couple of things to say about it -- stilted, too much infodump. I promise I'm not going to go into a defensive tailspin. I usually like the book, I usually think I got it about right. But. If somebody doesn't like it, then I wonder. I know there's taste. But. Oh, just, fooey.
I wonder if it's the dialog -- which is written in a Spanglish future slang, and the protagonist has trouble expressing himself? Or the narrative? If it's the first, well, I don't think there's anything to do about it. I worked really hard to get those people to sound just like that. Just. Fooey.
I don't know what to do next.
I'm going to Potlatch tomorrow, but now I don't want to. I want to stay home and cry.
They have a couple of things to say about it -- stilted, too much infodump. I promise I'm not going to go into a defensive tailspin. I usually like the book, I usually think I got it about right. But. If somebody doesn't like it, then I wonder. I know there's taste. But. Oh, just, fooey.
I wonder if it's the dialog -- which is written in a Spanglish future slang, and the protagonist has trouble expressing himself? Or the narrative? If it's the first, well, I don't think there's anything to do about it. I worked really hard to get those people to sound just like that. Just. Fooey.
I don't know what to do next.
I'm going to Potlatch tomorrow, but now I don't want to. I want to stay home and cry.
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Their loss. Their loss.
Anyway, it won't do any good looking at the book right now, while the wound's fresh. Put the book away for a bit, keep working at current project, then look at the book again after a bit. If it still looks good, it probably is.
And I hope you enjoy your day today.