Wombat Master Wrote:

Heck, I don't think we really got a FLOW of C & C on the DnR mailing list very
often, and those who took the time to comment were very appreciated. (Even the
guy who gave me an headache trying to figure out the sun/moon/stars' positions

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in one fanfic. :) ) But it took a long while to get people to be WILLING to
tear apart the fanfics, probably because they need to judge how the authors
will response to criticism.

Anou... that would have been Zen... Sorry! ^_^

Oh yes, one other thing: Keep writing. It's the only way you're going to FIND
somebody sooner or later who WILL C&C. My first fanfic (Monkey Business) was
met with a resounding silence. :) Unfortunately, I was stupid enough to decide
to keep trying, and my next fanfic was DnR #1. (Okay, so the only comment I got
about it was from John Biles, who called it an abomination or some such thing.
:) ) I worked on #4... and then I think I hit my stride with #6. Somewhere
about then, C & C started rolling in.

Good advice!

-D.

P.S. BTW, Zen, I've been meaning to ask you, but never did get a chance to: Did
the big discussion over Ukyou's portrayal in DnR as opposed to Takahashiverse
lead to that very good Ukyou portrayal in your fanfic? Certain elements in that
discussion appears to have carried over into the fanfic you wrote.

Well... basically, Yes.  The discussion really helped to round out the
characterization quite a bit!  But then Zen has no biases in the matter.
Really.  ^_^

(Even if Zen *is* a self deluded romantic!) ^_^

Zen is glad that you liked the portrayal of Ucchan!

Zen the Heretic-