Future for the Kistublot
Well, hello again everyone.
Writing has finally been progresssing again. Gimme a gold star, because I havent been doing nearly enough to deserve a silver.
I wrote out a long blog post basically detailing my feelings on the issues (cowardly anonymous posters, politicing for no real reason, people who can't stand differences in opinion, so forth) but I just don't see any use in actually posting it.
I chose not to participate in the commenting snafu because while I don't think Valencia's comments were all great (and was upset myself) I didn't exactly find the other side guiltless either, and nor did I see the point in posting just to say that.
Differences in opinion are the whole reason for blogs, for forums, for conversation . . . fuck, for about anything. If it didn't exist, focus groups could consist of one person.
Shortly, we will be creating a section specifically to throw comments that we believe are simply to "call us out." Call that what you will. I don't care. While I do not find Jo's (Flibinite's) comment outrageous for the reason that Valencia did/does, I'm still going to say this: this blog is for voicing our thoughts and opinions. Posting just to specifically bitch is getting seriously annoying, especially when it's done by the same old people, aka our lovely friend anonymous, and Jo.
I don't know if the 'blot will be around forever. But I know this: if you can't stand opinions that are the antithesis of yours so much? Do not read this blog. Do not read any blogs. Do not have human contact. Shoot yourself now. Please. Because I will always be disagreeing with you.
It's one thing to post a comment with a suggestion or a constructive criticism, but smirking, acting like your opinions simply must be represented in a place not at all yours, and generally antagonizing behavior is just not polite. Treating my girlfriend as lesser because she is my slave, is not right. She is her own person who has given me the gift of her submission. Outside of fun, I do not control what she does. Her thoughts, and her actions, belong to her. Tempting as it is, I've never controlled her or sternly told her not to post something. I have suggested it wasn't the best idea in the world, but it was still, and will always be, her choice.
Just felt the need to cover that.
So, let me end with this. Sara, if something I have said has truly hurt you, I apologise. That was never, and has never been my intent. Nothing either of us has done here was meant to attack or "destroy" you. Though our opinions are not glowing, I do not find you subhuman, and I truly wish you the best. I enjoyed "Tock" and almost nominated it. If I'd had four slots, I would have. I recently read through "Mindfield" for a taste of CB, and while I took issue with some of the ways you did things, I was pulled long well enough to get through the end of what was posted.
I hold no ill will towards you, and if anything admit that my strong opinion is no doubt partially a result of a feeling of rivalry. We share at least a few of the same fans, and having the same things said about both of our works when I view parts of yours as lacking makes a part of me cringe. This does not mean the necessarily are, that is just my opinion. It makes it no less how I feel, but it specifies that I can see why people would feel otherwise.
My writing has plenty of problems. tAoSG was rushed out the gate, same with Silver Eclipse. It took me way too long to get serious about polishing, and the tense issue I've had with you is in many of my pieces because I was simply too lazy to fix it. There was a reason Mike coined the term "A Madam Kistulot" and I think that shows I have my own purple side.
The things you hate about other people are the things you hate about yourself, so I guess I'm saying that while this doesn't change how I feel about your writing, it is only due to my own insecurity in my work that I react in such strong ways that make people think I don't know what an opinion is.
So, I can't promise you'll never be mentioned again. I can't promise I won't bitch or reference or who knows what, but I promise that you as a person have my respect, and I respect that you are able to draw in the readers that you do.
Well, I guess that sums up what I wanted to say.
I haven't read this version yet, but I heavily recommend Undertow by 8-bit. I still hope to win that Spiral, but if The Happily wins over me I admittedly won't be shocked.
I'd also like to give out another shout out to Melted Music by Frustrated. It was a great story, and you should all vote for it, because it was awesome. Maybe I'll give it a full review soon. Suffice it to say, Fru has a talent with poetic prose that I envy greatly.
That's all for now folks, and don't forget to vote for the Spirals!
~Madam Kistulot
Writing has finally been progresssing again. Gimme a gold star, because I havent been doing nearly enough to deserve a silver.
I wrote out a long blog post basically detailing my feelings on the issues (cowardly anonymous posters, politicing for no real reason, people who can't stand differences in opinion, so forth) but I just don't see any use in actually posting it.
I chose not to participate in the commenting snafu because while I don't think Valencia's comments were all great (and was upset myself) I didn't exactly find the other side guiltless either, and nor did I see the point in posting just to say that.
Differences in opinion are the whole reason for blogs, for forums, for conversation . . . fuck, for about anything. If it didn't exist, focus groups could consist of one person.
Shortly, we will be creating a section specifically to throw comments that we believe are simply to "call us out." Call that what you will. I don't care. While I do not find Jo's (Flibinite's) comment outrageous for the reason that Valencia did/does, I'm still going to say this: this blog is for voicing our thoughts and opinions. Posting just to specifically bitch is getting seriously annoying, especially when it's done by the same old people, aka our lovely friend anonymous, and Jo.
I don't know if the 'blot will be around forever. But I know this: if you can't stand opinions that are the antithesis of yours so much? Do not read this blog. Do not read any blogs. Do not have human contact. Shoot yourself now. Please. Because I will always be disagreeing with you.
It's one thing to post a comment with a suggestion or a constructive criticism, but smirking, acting like your opinions simply must be represented in a place not at all yours, and generally antagonizing behavior is just not polite. Treating my girlfriend as lesser because she is my slave, is not right. She is her own person who has given me the gift of her submission. Outside of fun, I do not control what she does. Her thoughts, and her actions, belong to her. Tempting as it is, I've never controlled her or sternly told her not to post something. I have suggested it wasn't the best idea in the world, but it was still, and will always be, her choice.
Just felt the need to cover that.
So, let me end with this. Sara, if something I have said has truly hurt you, I apologise. That was never, and has never been my intent. Nothing either of us has done here was meant to attack or "destroy" you. Though our opinions are not glowing, I do not find you subhuman, and I truly wish you the best. I enjoyed "Tock" and almost nominated it. If I'd had four slots, I would have. I recently read through "Mindfield" for a taste of CB, and while I took issue with some of the ways you did things, I was pulled long well enough to get through the end of what was posted.
I hold no ill will towards you, and if anything admit that my strong opinion is no doubt partially a result of a feeling of rivalry. We share at least a few of the same fans, and having the same things said about both of our works when I view parts of yours as lacking makes a part of me cringe. This does not mean the necessarily are, that is just my opinion. It makes it no less how I feel, but it specifies that I can see why people would feel otherwise.
My writing has plenty of problems. tAoSG was rushed out the gate, same with Silver Eclipse. It took me way too long to get serious about polishing, and the tense issue I've had with you is in many of my pieces because I was simply too lazy to fix it. There was a reason Mike coined the term "A Madam Kistulot" and I think that shows I have my own purple side.
The things you hate about other people are the things you hate about yourself, so I guess I'm saying that while this doesn't change how I feel about your writing, it is only due to my own insecurity in my work that I react in such strong ways that make people think I don't know what an opinion is.
So, I can't promise you'll never be mentioned again. I can't promise I won't bitch or reference or who knows what, but I promise that you as a person have my respect, and I respect that you are able to draw in the readers that you do.
Well, I guess that sums up what I wanted to say.
I haven't read this version yet, but I heavily recommend Undertow by 8-bit. I still hope to win that Spiral, but if The Happily wins over me I admittedly won't be shocked.
I'd also like to give out another shout out to Melted Music by Frustrated. It was a great story, and you should all vote for it, because it was awesome. Maybe I'll give it a full review soon. Suffice it to say, Fru has a talent with poetic prose that I envy greatly.
That's all for now folks, and don't forget to vote for the Spirals!
~Madam Kistulot
Labels: EMCSA, mc community, spiral awards, Update, Writing
posted by Madam Kistulot at
1:45 PM
3 Comments:
Thank you, Sweetheart.
I'd like to add my own apology to Sara: I did enjoy some of your early work. I do think you have talent. While I do believe everything I've said about your writing, it's about your writing. I don't think stories have souls, and they shouldn't be treated as such. Some of the characters in your early work exuded the sense of having souls, which I quite enjoyed, and I'm sad to see (what appears to me, anyway) that lovely feeling vanish. I've gone too far in riffing on your work. I apologize for that. There are nicer ways to offer firm criticism. I guess I assume anyone with the passion and energy to write seriously also has the ability to handle whatever reactions come of it. I'm sorry if what I've done has felt like abuse or pure nastiness. I really didn't intend it that way. I go too far with many things; Carin has snapped at me more than once to back off in her direction, because I just didn't know when to quit. She freaks out when she gets back a five page chapter and sees the page count has risen to nine--four pages of EDITS. "Unit 9" almost started a nasty fight because I wouldn't stop nagging her about self-editing and disfiguring writing. Telling her the first three Silververse stories needed to be rewritten, after I tried to edit them and realized I really couldn't without recasting sentences and suggesting flow revisions, hurt quite a bit. You may be the most visible target of my snark, but you're definitely not the only one. If I thought you were writing for fun, I wouldn't have bothered with any of this. You strike me as a serious writer who does have talent and wants to get better. Your early work drew me in and made me want more. I was glad there was another FF writer I could respect. I -hate- seeing people with talent, in any area, lose sight of it. Maybe you haven't, maybe I'm stupid...but that is what drove my reactions, and I harped so much because there aren't terribly many FF writers (my primary reading color) worth even a passing remark. Lisa Teez trying to write red? Not even worth mentioning. Some of the men who write red that really does need to include strap-ons for the Dommes who have their dicks? Doesn't stand out, and they probably don't care about honest feedback. The T-trio, 8-bit, Eye, Iago, MK, you, the occasional one-shot who gives it a serious try and strikes some good points? Very much worth commenting on, positively or negatively, because there's real talent and real passion involved. (Okay, that's a long list, but too many of them don't post often!) But, just as empty-handed mewling praise can go too far, snark can get downright vicious and depressing. I'm sorry for that. I WILL stop doing that. Like Madam, I can't promise you'll never come up again, but it will be respectful and constructive if it happens.
I have nothing more to say to readers who choose to read this blog and then get upset with us. I addressed that with a comment on my last post and have no intention to respond further in that area. Let's move on. Things won't be all happy, but the line-crossing things will stop.
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