tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post8504263582591647347..comments2024-03-28T17:00:27.057+00:00Comments on Louder Yay: Regrets, I've had a few...Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-17059685015180932082017-02-10T21:48:46.177+00:002017-02-10T21:48:46.177+00:00Yeah, I figured person names might be off limits, ...Yeah, I figured person names might be off limits, but truthfully, place names are almost as arbitrary.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-44691547636012367432017-02-10T21:04:33.461+00:002017-02-10T21:04:33.461+00:00I can't remember the precise rules, but I'...I can't remember the precise rules, but I'm fairly sure personal names were excluded. Otherwise, there would indeed be a lot more than two. (I particularly like job/Job. Nice one!)Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-54755041477845574542017-02-10T19:10:58.784+00:002017-02-10T19:10:58.784+00:00Really? I have to think there are more than two, w...Really? I have to think there are more than two, with the possibility of, say, a foreign name which lent itself to an eponymous product which is pronounced differently in English. Like leotard, for instance. To be technical, people name their kids crazy things these days, and I bet you can find names that are spelled the same as but pronounced differently than ordinary words. I know of at least one Female (pronounced Fem-Molly). But I think it's only fair to restrict it to widely recognized names, even archaic ones. Under that umbrella, I submit "job."Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-89838664573241826442017-02-10T16:39:48.854+00:002017-02-10T16:39:48.854+00:00I don't know why you'd put that near the t...<i>I don't know why you'd put that near the top of a list of your personal misses.</i><br /><br />Oh, I don't. I still find it rather fun, actually. This isn't a list of "my worst stories", but rather a list of specific things <i>about</i> those stories that I regret. In this fic's case, it's specifically the fact that it was left less polished than it could have been that I regret – especially as, quite frankly, some of this was down to laziness on my part. It would annoy me less if the story <i>had</i> been a complete mess.<br /><br /><i>a little polish, or a little Polish</i><br /><br />"Which two common English words change pronunciation when capitalised?" was one of my favourite quiz questions way back when. Most people I asked got polish/Polish fairly quickly, but an awful lot didn't get the second one: reading/Reading.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-86761091922111493912017-02-10T16:02:55.567+00:002017-02-10T16:02:55.567+00:00Hey, I've read one of these! "One Hell of...Hey, I've read one of these! "One Hell of a Party" was pretty good. I don't know why you'd put that near the top of a list of your personal misses. I remember telling you it was a good story that needed a little polish, or a little Polish--actually, I'm average height and half-Polish. (I was your pre-reader.)<br /><br />I've definitely seen the same effect you did on that third one. I had a dark-ish adventure story with the occasional joke, so I erred on the side of caution and put a comedy tag on it. Then I endured lots of downvotes (actually, low star ratings, since it was still in that era) from people who were expecting a steady stream of humor. Then in another, I used the romance tag, because there is a relationship that featured prominently in how the story played out, but involved only one of the tagged characters. So readers hungry for Twilestia (or possibly TwiSpike) liberally applied the red thumb when they didn't receive it.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-44036011417494537292017-02-10T15:48:11.653+00:002017-02-10T15:48:11.653+00:00You've actually already read For an Angel to P...You've actually already read <i>For an Angel to Pass</i>. You gave it a C, as I recall. As for the others, <i>One Hell of a Party</i> has its moments but also has a lot of terrible puns ("Get Tirekt!" is one such). Meanwhile, <i>Sunset's Sales Snag</i> is inspired by a single very stupid joke (albeit one that I find amusing) extended to fic length, with a (still) very poor ending. So quite frankly, there are a lot of better stories you could be reading.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-32836980216491859822017-02-10T12:30:55.289+00:002017-02-10T12:30:55.289+00:00So what you're saying is I should read all of ...So what you're saying is I should read all of these at once. <.<Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.com