Personal Quote: When Life gives you Lemons, use them for Fan Fiction!

AS OF 12/15/12: I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT HERE RIGHT NOW THAT I THANK ALL MY LOYAL READERS/GUESTS/FANS/CRITICS/FELLOW FANFIC WRITERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT, PATIENCE, LOYALTY, AND HONESTY. I HAVEN'T BEEN ON HERE IN QUITE SOME TIME AS REAL LIFE HAS THROWN ME QUITE THE FEW CURVE BALLS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THIS: IF YOU WISH TO READ ANY OF MY STUFF THAT IS POSTED ON FANFIC.NET, I SUGGEST YOU TRANSFER YOUR ATTENTION TO DEVIANTART, AS I AM ON THERE MORE FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY LATELY SINCE SOMEONE GIFTED ME A PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP FOR A WHOLE YEAR AS AN EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT. BUT I DIGRESS. I'M MORE LIKELY TO UPDATE MY FANFICS ON DEVART THAN I AM ON HERE. HOWEVER, IF FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE UNABLE TO BE ON DEVART, THAT'S OKAY. I HOPE YOU CAN HANDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON MY FANFIC UPDATES... IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO LONG OF A WAIT NOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THEM FOR THE PAST WEEK OR SO NOW.

I ENCOURAGE AND APPRECIATE ALL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND CRITICISMS FROM READERS/FANS/COLLEAGUES ALIKE. THANK YOU! EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST A MERE GUEST ON HERE, I STILL APPRECIATE THE HELPFUL FEEDBACK AND KIND WORDS. :)

HOWEVER... IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW GUESTS ON MY FANFICS THAT WILL ONLY SAY A SENTENCE OR TWO ON HOW THE FANFIC THEY'RE COMMENTING ON IS BLASE, PREDICTABLE, AWFUL, ETC. I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE REALLY, AS I GENERALLY IGNORE THIS, BUT I'D APPRECIATE IT IF I WAS GIVEN A REASON OTHER THAN "IT'S PREDICTABLE AND NOT SURPRISING". I'M SAYING NOW THAT IT DOES BOTHER ME, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BLAND, UNHELPFUL STATEMENTS THAT I RECIEVE. GIVE ME AN IN DEPTH REASON AS TO WHY YOU FEEL THIS WAY AND I CAN PERHAPS GO THROUGH AND SEE WHAT IT IS I HAVE TO WORK ON. GRANTED, IT'S FANFICTION, BUT I TAKE ANY WRITING I DO SERIOUSLY. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY, I'D LIKE MORE THAN JUST THE NEGATIVE STATEMENTS. WHILE SOME NEGATIVITY CAN BE HELPFUL IN A CRITICISM, PURE NEGATIVITY WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. I DO TAKE ANY AND ALL WRITING I DO SERIOUSLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE.

I ONLY ASK THIS FROM READERS AND CRITICS: PLEASE GIVE MORE THAN JUST A ONE-DIMENSIONAL FEEDBACK. ESPECIALLY TO GUESTS THAT DON'T SIGN ON TO FANFIC.NET: IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMETHING, GIVE A STRAIGHT-FORWARD, DETAILED CRITICISM INSTEAD OF SAYING ONLY HOW BAD IT WAS. THAT ONLY REFLECTS HOW MUCH OF A COWARD YOU ARE, ESPECIALLY IF I CAN'T PM YOU BACK ON WHY YOU FEEL THAT WAY. I'M NOT SCARY, I DON'T BITE... UNLESS YOU INTENTIONALLY PISS ME OFF FIRST. I ONLY GET BETTER WITH DETAILED CRITICISM, NO MATTER HOW NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE IT IS, SO LONG AS IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE.

WITH COMMENTS ON HOW GOOD MY FANFICS ARE, I APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL SENTIMENTS AND LENGTHY NOTES OF HOW MUCH YOU ENJOYED IT. UNLIKE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, YOU CAN BE AS DETAILED OR AS VAGUE AS YOU WANT. I DON'T MIND. :)

I'M NOT TELLING ANYONE ON HOW THEY SHOULD LEAVE RESPONSES, FEEDBACKS, CRITICISMS, OR COMMENTS, I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. (NOT THAT IT'LL HAPPEN... PROBABLY... BUT ONE CAN HOPE.) ALL I ASK OF FROM THE GUESTS MAINLY IS TO LEAVE A DETAILED CRITICISM, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T PERSONALLY LIKE IT--IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE BEHIND A COMMENT ANYWAY. I'D ONLY APPRECIATE WHY YOU FEEL A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT WHAT YOU READ AND WHAT I COULD DO TO IMPROVE. SO LONG AS YOU'RE NOT BEING A DOUCHE ABOUT IT. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE BEHIND A COMMENT OR CRITICISM BECAUSE YOU DID OR DIDN'T LIKE WHAT YOU READ, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE TO ME. IT'S NOT OBLIGATORY TO LEAVE BEHIND A QUIP AFTERALL. :)

BUT WHILE WE'RE AT IT, WHY NOT MAKE THIS A COURTESY/PRACTICE FOR READING FANFIC ON HERE? IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMMENT OR CRITICISE ON SOMEONE'S WORK, THERE SHOULD BE A WELL THOUGHT OUT REASON FOR IT SO THAT ALL OF US CAN LEARN AND IMPROVE OUR WRITING SKILLS.

THANKS.

SINCERELY.

ZARAFLA KIRTAN-PHERRIN

A CONCERNED FANFIC AUTHOR.

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1963-2011

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