Lorn, It's not the criticism. It's the medium and context. Ray wears big boy pants. I doubt he's gotten this far without criticism, both deserved and undeserved. But when you drop what amounts to a one-liner piece of criticism, there's really nowhere to go with it (if you were a writer, where would you go with "it sounds like you're getting bored with your own material"?) Now, "this is why it sounds, to me, like you're bored with your own material: A. B. C. D. ..." is an entirely different thing. Otherwise, it risks just coming across as a snarky comment rather than something that is well thought out.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Lorn Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > Ray, > > You tell me if you get this feeling as well. Do people these days seem to > not be able to take criticism as well as individuals our age? It seems the > internet age has made so many either 1) sensitive to debate or 2) too > sensitive to debate. Everything is taken too damn personal when you don't > try your super duper best to word things careful enough. > > Lorn > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Lorn Faulkner <[email protected]> > *To:* feistfans-l <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: Macros > > Why is it when someone disagrees with people on the internet they call it > trolling. It's an honest evaluation on my part and I still love Ray. It's > why I don't even read blogs because it always comes down to screaming or > stupid people screaming troll. > > Lorn > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nat Russo <[email protected]> > *To:* feistfans-l <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: Macros > > Trolling takes more skill than that :) > > #ISeeWhatYouDidThere > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Lorn Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > > Ray, > > I'd love to see you write about something new and different if you aren't > into it or planning already. For me, it looks as if you've pretty much > gotten bored with Midkemia and writing about it. At least that's how your > writing comes across. > > Lorn > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* feistfans-l <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2012 7:31 PM > *Subject:* Re: Macros > > > Hello everyone! > > Just off vacation so I'm a little behind on emails, basically turned off > my phone to spend the week on the beach! :) > > Ray, > > In its own way I consider all the questions (and suggestions for future > writings) a complement! You've written such great stories that none of > your fans here or else where can bear the thought of you NOT WRITING! > Aghast!!! > > I know it gets tiresome but hopefully you'll consider it a another gold > star for a job well done! > > As always thanks for that first time you picked up a pen and starting > writing!!! > > Shells:) > > > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:04:54 > To: feistfans-l<[email protected]> > Reply-To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Macros > > > On Jul 9, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Nick Andrews wrote: > > > What about a bio on Macros from Banath's point of view? > > > > Oh how about you get back to the part where I say I don't like being told > what to write? > > It's pointless, folks. I do what I do, and often if I was to do as you > ask, it would be killing all the dramatic balance I used to make the > character interesting. It's the whole "ignore the man behind the curtain" > thing. > > I got an e-mail from someone asking why I killed off Admiral Vykor in > Rage, and took me to task because he was so interesting. I loved it, > because there was NOTHING else I wanted to do with that guy or knew about > him, but it meant he was exactly doing what I wanted. > > That's the art of it, don't you see? > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser. > > > > > > -- Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser.
