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Hey Voodoo,

I think most of us here or maybe just myself and Jill are familiar with Alice. She has me blocked because of a misunderstanding way back when I first joined this site and had the misfortune to listen to a lying piece of excrement over her. I actually regret that decision very much.

Here is the deal in my humble opinion. I think Alice gets a bad rap. I have been the subject of several of her reviews and they all had valid and constructive elements. It is true that she likes to blow her own horn but I know others who do the same thing and people worship them as they spew nothing but bullshit. I think maybe Alice feels compelled to give you her accomplishments to validate her critiques. I know from personal experience that when she used the phrase "I won't waste my time unless you are interested in what I have to say," she meant if I wanted to hear more I should email her and discuss it with her.

Again from experience I know there is nothing more difficult than giving someone especially someone you like an honest review knowing there is more negative than positive in it. I struggle with this all the time and agonize over it with the only person I feel I can-- my husband. I recently spent 4 hours writing up a review that I never had the heart to post because I didn't want to hurt the individual it was written for. I think said individual is a very talented writer but this particular piece completely missed the mark. The thing I find most bizarre about the whole thing is that every single review that this item received from "friends" was 4-5 stars. Yet another reason why I will never post the review.

I think most here know me and the quality of my reviews and I think they also know that I do my absolute best to be respectful and considerate of others feelings when I write them. Not everyone is as tactful because believe me it is exhausting trying to think of nice ways to say bad things. I do it because I care about the individuals of this community. But there are times when I wish I could just come right out and say what I really think. Some people like Alice may have no idea how completely rude they come across or they may think there is no time or place for niceties.

Not everyone here has aspirations to publish-- true, but I am under the impression that everyone here does wish to improve their skills. In either case I say, we all need to grow some thick skin if you want survive the teeth of the critiques. Some lessons are harder than others but no less worth it. I never saw an Alice review that didn't have some valid and even helpful points. Anyone who does have ambitions to write a novel for publication should consider Alice reviews as great practice for the tons of rejection letters you are sure to receive. I am sure there are more Alice's working in the publishing industry than Lilithmoon's.

Anyway, these are just my thoughts and I try to see all sides of a situation before voicing them. I just think it is wrong to go on a letter writing campaign (I'm not talking about you here Voodoo-- the lying piece of shit I spoke of earlier is campaigning against Alice to the public) because you don't like the reviews/opinions of someone when you asked for honest reviews.

Kelli
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