CL Huth: If anyone is wondering, I am off trying to finish my 4th book for my publisher. See you in 2022. |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CL Huth: The Old Man finished second in the contest "SUPERNATURAL~ (NOT HORROR fiction)" |
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CL Huth: Sorry, folks, I'm lost in the final day of Nanowrimo! |
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CL Huth: I'm done. I'm out for the rest of the week. If I hadn't paid for a year, I'd be gone again. See you on Monday. |
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CL Huth: You know what? A three star isn't death, folks. It's just a perspective from another person. I get it. Criticism is hard, but the point of places like FS is to grow as a writer. If you can't do that, you're never going to survive as a published writer. I get 2 and 3 star reviews on my published works sometimes. I don't like them, but I understand that not everyone is going to like my work. Getting defensive doesn't help. I know, I've done it. I've wasted energy that could've been used for writing on people who just aren't into my work. But eliminating critics because they don't fall in line isn't helpful either. Writing, for the most part, is subjective. |
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CL Huth: I'm in a weird headspace right now. I'll get better, but until then I'm going to be posting old stuff until my must comes back. |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CL Huth: Ghost Girl finished third in the contest "SUPERNATURAL~ (NOT HORROR fiction)" |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CL Huth: Victim of the System finished third in the contest "Parenthood: An indelible memory" |
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CL Huth: It's interesting to me how much has changed here... and how much has not. Thank you to everyone who has shared reviews. I'm here to be helpful, if you want, or just a voice in the wind, if you don't. |
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CL Huth: I wonder if anyone I knew back in the day is still here. Or if anyone remembers me. Writing is a weird life thing, and somehow I always end up back here at fanstory. |
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CL Huth: Whew! I've been gone a long time! Let me see how I can remedy this, and how much I've missed! |
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CL Huth: No vacay. My granny passed Wednesday morning. Funeral was this afternoon. Driving home from TN starting today. |
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CL Huth: Going on vacay for a few days! So excited to see my daughter! Woot! |
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CL Huth: Trying a new review tactic for poems by breaking my rating down into three or four points: Sentiment, Flow, Imagery and Technical. That way, when I rate them lower, but they did well with, say, imagery, they can see that I saw it. I still get cranky replies. Not everyone can be Maya Angelou, folks. |
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@Rosehill, you are more than welcome to use it! I'll see if you have a poem, so I can show you what I do now. :-) - | ||
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CL Huth: So...I've started leaving disclaimers when I leave a review that isn't five stars. Cos I'm tired of the 'well, everyone else likes it!' replies. Not the point of a writing site. Everyone can get better. Even us published authors. Even high ranked authors and poets. If you can't improve your skills, if you think you don't need to, then you're never going to get far in the writing world. And that's okay. But I prefer to not be mediocre. |
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CL Huth: Woo-hoo! Voting begins today on my first FS contest! I'm so excited to see what happens! Good luck to everyone! |
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CL Huth: Anyone know how I change my gender here? My little Scottie dog says 'he' for my novel ranking, and it's driving me nuts! |
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CL Huth: Gotta find my balance. Forgot how easily people get feelings bruised. |
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CL Huth: I haven't been here in years. So much has changed. So much more hasn't. Guess we'll see how long I stick around this time. |
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