I was rather pleased when the pinch-hit Remix that the lovely Victoria P. assigned me was for your daughter. I had found her LiveJournal quite by accident during a vanity Google search a month or so before, and my initial comments there led to a new friendship that I was quite pleased about at the time Vic issued the call to duty. Her explanation of how and for how long she had been reading my stories had a significant impact on me--simple math and the demonstrable demographics of my Yahoo Group makes it clear that at least *some* people have been reading my stories from adolescence to young adulthood, but having a conversation with someone who actually *did* is a bit humbling.
As I told you a few years back, I did and continue to greatly appreciate the review of my work you posted on your personal site as one of the only examples of relatively detailed constructive criticism that has been devoted to my stories. I happen to treasure the fact that several hundred people love my stories enough to have subscribed to my Yahoo site and certainly wouldn't trade their devotion for much of anything; still, there are times that I wish that my works had annoyed someone enough to direct a good, nasty parody in their direction. That being said, the fact that a remarkable young woman like your daughter has enjoyed my stories enough over the years enough to spend a significant amount of her valuable time reading them means a lot to me, and I hope to continue to be worthy of that respect from her and everyone else who has granted me that courtesy.
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Re: Nicely Done
Date: 2007-07-25 05:23 am (UTC)As I told you a few years back, I did and continue to greatly appreciate the review of my work you posted on your personal site as one of the only examples of relatively detailed constructive criticism that has been devoted to my stories. I happen to treasure the fact that several hundred people love my stories enough to have subscribed to my Yahoo site and certainly wouldn't trade their devotion for much of anything; still, there are times that I wish that my works had annoyed someone enough to direct a good, nasty parody in their direction. That being said, the fact that a remarkable young woman like your daughter has enjoyed my stories enough over the years enough to spend a significant amount of her valuable time reading them means a lot to me, and I hope to continue to be worthy of that respect from her and everyone else who has granted me that courtesy.