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	whimsy_chan 2010-10-12 06:42 am UTC (link)
	Wow, classy. And he totally isn't butthurt, you guys--the review was just too dull and dismissive for him! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	fevered_ego 2010-10-12 07:10 am UTC (link)
	Who reversed the polarity of the neutron flow of HIS cornflakes this morning? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	rosehiptea 2010-10-12 07:12 am UTC (link)
	So "I liked some of it but it could have been better" is what passes for a scathing review nowadays? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	bienegold 2010-10-12 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Hey, his first tweet was right! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	mareen 2010-10-12 07:21 am UTC (link)
	It kind of rubs me the wrong way that the reviewer actually goes and apologizes for his review. It's a review not a press release, and as such it should say the truth and not try to not hurt the authors feelings. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	napalmnacey 2010-10-12 08:17 am UTC (link)
	Every time Paul Magrs says something else this cringe on my face seems to get deeper. Shut UP, man, you're making it WORSE. (Though, for entertainment's sake, keep on digging!) (Reply to this)

	alexa 2010-10-12 08:31 am UTC (link)
	Thought about it quite a bit more and - I don't care who the reviewer is. So long as their reviews aren't dull, grudging, or ill-informed Oh, yes, that's much better. He had to work in an addendum so the opinions of people who hadn't written any books but did like his could still be valid. As long as they're not "grudging"! [???] (Reply to this)

	drakyndra 2010-10-12 08:41 am UTC (link)
	...It wasn't even that bad of a a review, relatively speaking. Has Paul Magrs, like, never had an actually bad review before? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	ekaterinv 2010-10-12 09:17 am UTC (link)
	The review I remarked on seemed a bit dull So he would have preferred a hilariously scathing and insulting review? Those are my favorites! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	shannonsequitur 2010-10-12 09:22 am UTC (link)
	Man, is being a speshul snowflake a job requirement for writing in the DW expanded universe or something? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	isntitironic 2010-10-12 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	Is 2010 the "International Year of Published Authors Acting Like Whiny Fanbrats Whose Pairing Just Got Dissed"? Did I miss a memo? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	gmth 2010-10-12 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	Way to bring more attention to a (really not so) bad review rather than just ignoring it and waiting for it to go away. Jeez. (Reply to this)

kuromitsu
2010-10-12 03:26 pm UTC (link)

Wow. What would he do with an actual, bad review? Run crying to his mommy? Sue for libel?

"What I don't like are boring, badly-written or unhelpful reviews - or pompous ones, or ones with hidden agendas or overt agendas, or ones that don't really engage very interestingly with the material, or ones where it's obvious the reviewer hasn't taken enough time or effort, or reviews that feel mean-spirited or ungenerous. The review I remarked on seemed a bit dull and sweeping in the dismissive stuff it was saying." (bolding by me)

What the... Badly-written? Unhelpful? Dude, you're a Published Author, it's not your readers' place to help you with your writing. This guy would fit in perfectly at fanficrants. Though come to think of it, I don't think I've seen any ffrants review ranter sink so low as to complain about a review being "boring" and "dull"...

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	singe 2010-10-12 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I want at least ten more GOOD reviews or I won't keep writing!" stamps little foot (Reply to this)

dragonsong12
2010-10-12 03:48 pm UTC (link)

For some reason it puts me in mind of the first "Evening with Kevin Smith." When he's talking about his argument with Tim Burton, and he mentions getting a ranty call from one of Burton's staff and then getting another one shortly after.
I'm indifferent to both those guys, so I'm not picking sides, but in my head, all I hear from this guy is Smith's impression of Burton after the first call. "Ooh! Ooh! I thought of something else! He's ugly and his momma dresses him funny!" (paraphrased, it's been a while) That sort of "wait! wait! I gotta get one more zinger in so that I'm the winner in this nonexistant debate!"

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kosaginolegion
2010-10-12 03:59 pm UTC (link)

I was getting this odd, Fanfiction Rants vibe, so I looked up who Iris Wildthyme is supposed to be.

Then I realized why.

Main series character gets equivalent parallel character.
Adventures parallel the original adventures, but better.
Really her adventures are more true than the original character's.
You ought to love her far more than the original character.
She even has a fancy name.
Unusual companions - more so than the original character's.
Eventually she's better than anything from the original stuff.

*sigh*

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tetradecimal
2010-10-12 04:25 pm UTC (link)

I want more enthusiastic, vocal readers and fewer professional critics in the world, actually..

I don't care who the reviewer is. So long as their reviews aren't dull, grudging, or ill-informed

So, you don't like professional critics... but you want reviewers that are well-informed in their subject and experienced enough to write engaging, impartial reviews. OF COURSE!

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	cheryl_bites 2010-10-12 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Am I alone in thinking we shouldn't pay as much attention to reviewers who've never written anything themselves? Well, if they've never written anything, they can't very well have written a bad review, can they now? Now stop complaining about the imaginary review and get back to your Suething. Chases away whining author with too much time on his hands (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	tehrin 2010-10-12 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	I'm afraid I don't understand this bit? " butthurt writer of paid Dr Who fanfic"..? Someone introduce this guy to Lee Goldberg. They would hit it off well. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	sarkasm 2010-10-12 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, good, Who wank other than the constant low grade BAW TENNANT wank. (Reply to this)

	mahananda 2010-10-13 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Can't it be ADVENTURE TIME, instead? Algebraic! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	es_ 2010-10-13 05:13 am UTC (link)
	For those who have read this book (Find and Replace), is the title relevant at all to the story? I just have this image of the author foaming at the mouth typing in random phrases into the "Find & Replace" box in Microsoft Word and calling it a story. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	demonbean 2010-10-14 06:33 am UTC (link)
	What I don't like are boring, badly-written or unhelpful reviews - or pompous ones, or ones with hidden agendas or overt agendas I'd forgotten how much I enjoy, "The reviewers are out to get meeeeeee, it's all a devious plot!" Mmm, delicious. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	telegramsam 2010-10-14 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Well... that's just speshul, ain't it? (Reply to this)

	spawn_of_kong 2010-10-14 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	To be honest, I never thought much of Magrs -- Sick Building was mediocre, and I felt Hornet's Nest had far too much loquacious padding (the fact that Tom Baker pulls it off effortlessly is still no excuse). But this... yeesh. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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