Boccaccio Wrote:
"Do other authors get similar comments? Does anyone ever heed them? Or do you just continue writing in your own way as best you can?"


From the sublime to the ridiculous, i get all sorts of 'advice'...first instinct was to 'obey' (naturally!) but then i started to realise that every person that mailed me wanted something different..some wanted more violence, some less, etc. etc...

now, i go with what feels right for me, and if i get mail that actually inspires me, in that i feel that the suggestions work, i use them, i love to hear what people want, but rarely heed it, if i did, i'd only have a couple of happy readers!

Can i take this opportunity to say that, unfortunately, the best reviews i've ever had come to me via private mail, which is fine, but when a story gets pretty well slated publicly, whilst adored privately, it puts the author in a predicament, i had 2 public reviews of 'Symon and Louise' that suggested i re-write, but more than 10 people privately contacted me to ask that i didn't... what's a girl to do???

nikki