Subject: Re: [FFML] To authors who want more C&C
From: gaffney@iconn.net
Date: 2/3/1997, 7:41 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Well, about this whole C&C to the list thing.

I must admit, said he feeling slightly guilty, that I don't
C&C to the list that often.  Except in cases like Converging
Series, I usually send my comments to the author.

There's a good reason for this:  for the most part, almost
all of my C&C is "I loved this fic, here's some thoughts",
followed by observations rather than actual criticism.  I
don't send C&C for fics I don't like, mostly because I rarely
finish them.  Therefore, posting all my jolly, happy stuff
to the FFML might make me seem a little overly positive, which
is an impression I give enough in rec.arts.drwho, I don't 
need it here.

I do give a *lot* of private C&C, though, and am on several
prereader lists, as well as being Fred Herriot's personal
sounding board (which may or may not be a good thing.)

In the end, C&C is great whether it's private or not.  Give
and ye shall receive.

--Sean Gaffney
--who still is behind in Todd and Richard's C&C, speaking of which...<read, 

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