tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post7189454708764019106..comments2023-11-17T01:32:25.790+00:00Comments on Aleksandr Voinov - Letters from the Front: Am Working and liking itAleksandr Voinovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-88834883902184509732011-01-10T21:05:08.176+00:002011-01-10T21:05:08.176+00:00Off-topic, but Uhrk! For some reason, I thought Ca...Off-topic, but Uhrk! For some reason, I thought Carina Press used original art for their covers. Look at this half-Lion of Kent, half-something else.<br />http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=179&osCsid=442m2fik1ftkhd5562cg7hps17CS McClellan/Catanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12528100633458181090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-77971144532425990922011-01-08T16:39:17.823+00:002011-01-08T16:39:17.823+00:00We've discussed the piracy thing ad nauseum an...We've discussed the piracy thing ad nauseum and there doesn't seem to be a real solution, does there? <br /><br />Strange you should mention reviews, because I've had an attack of review conscience of late as well. I've read a couple of REAL stinkers, by authors I thought were capable of better. As a reader, I feel compelled to say something, but as a writer, I realize the publication of those stinkers isn't all the author's fault. <br /><br />You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, hard as you try. I equate those kinds of novels to the poor kid who is convinced he can sing, so he goes on American Idol and Simon Cowell rips him a new one because he can't sing and never will.<br /><br />I don't really know the answer to the publication end of it, though I have my own thoughts, but from a writer's stand point, I can't rip the author a new one because someone has convinced him/her that they've written the next best novel. <br /><br />I once gave a really good author a 2 star and didn't sleep well for a week. Prolific and good in other pieces, but that particular one was so bad, I had to keep checking the name on the cover. I couldn't believe it.<br /><br />I usually take the chicken's way out and leave a star rating and say nothing. Spineless, yes, but, well, just spineless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770060882041443770noreply@blogger.com