Current mood:	sporfle!
Entry tags:	authors, fandom: doctor who, reviews, writers are often pompous douches

Does everyone know what time it is?
IT'S WHO TIME!!! This report was shamelessly snagged from wank_report. *throws cheese to mousie* I thought it was time for some more author rage. Enjoy!

FYI: I have screencaps of most of this so let me know if anything goes 'missing'.

Author Paul Magrs (as in published, hired-for-money author of real books, thank you) gets the cruelest most entitled review ever written in the history of all humanity. http://unreality-sf.net/reviews/doctorwho/2/findreplace.html

Naturally, Magrs expresses outrage on Twitter. As published authors should always do. http://twitter.com/paulmagrs/status/26729418277 After all, how many books has that guy written? http://twitter.com/paulmagrs/status/26730575254 How many have YOU?

The author of review apologizes. http://brendan-moody.livejournal.com/317662.html

Too late, buddy. Magrs still has chafed butt. http://twitter.com/paulmagrs/status/27030688395 You see, Magrs loves fan dialogues with real fans, but not mean ones. Why can't you be civil like him. http://twitter.com/paulmagrs

Others weigh in.
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1550164.html
http://community.livejournal.com/who_anon/10535.html?thread=49908775#t49908775

This report is brought to you by Doctor Who fandom: wanking since 1963.

EDIT: Comments of interest-
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1550164.html?thread=6531924#t6531924
Magrs continues to miss the point of reviewers

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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)

stealth_noodle
2010-10-12 02:10 pm 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, 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.

So the only reviews he likes are exciting, well-written, helpful, humble, agenda-free, critically engaging, generous, and kindly labors of love. Dude, it's a lot quicker to type "NO FlAMEZ."

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	sevendeadlyfun 2010-10-12 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	ILU for this. I'm having an awful day and this just made me LOL. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	deliciouschaos 2010-10-12 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, the tedium of it all. Is fellatio masquerading as a review so much to ask for? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	castellated 2010-10-12 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	After all, he wrote this for YOU. He slaved over it. And this is the thanks he gets? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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