A Tolerable Mischief

[Bonsai Ent]

http://goo.gl/yKRwM

Something I'm playing about with (in google docs as I submit a lot of my work and publishing folk get pernickety if it's posted online somewhere. Sorry for inconvenience &c.)

Impressions, feedback, exhortations to keep my day job, all welcome.

[MANICHAEAN]

Don’t bother. If all you can do is submit a link, just stick to Google.

[Bonsai Ent]

Lol! if you lack the willingness to follow a link, by all means don't do it. No need to get your knickers in a twist.
I'm hard pressed to see why you think reading it on another website is such an affront, but it's fine :P
Most professional publishers won't consider work that has been copy-pasted into a forum in full so I prefer to use google docs.

[hillwalker]

Google Links are not always easy to read because of the formatting etc. - and cutting and pasting the text into Word is pointless because we end up with less than 2000 words spread over 26 pages. Little wonder that no one bothers. Also some members are wary of opening links that might invite unwanted malware.

As for the story itself - well, I suppose it's meant to be humorous but it wasn't my cup of tea. The plot meanders rather confusingly and the authorial intrusion became quite annoying. I also found the choice of future tense baffling.

Bluebloods? Mobbers?
In a short story there was far too much inconsequential rumination and far too little happening.
You write well enough but your plotting somehow went awry.

H

[Bonsai Ent]

Google Links are not always easy to read because of the formatting etc. - and cutting and pasting the text into Word is pointless because we end up with less than 2000 words spread over 26 pages. Little wonder that no one bothers. Also some members are wary of opening links that might invite unwanted malware.


Which is why I apologised in advance and explained why I was doing it.
I'm not just being frivolous, my stuff does get published and I'd prefer not to copy-paste it directly into a forum.
I hope no one thinks I'm demanding they read it. Just there if anyone fancies it.



As for the story itself - well, I suppose it's meant to be humorous but it wasn't my cup of tea. The plot meanders rather confusingly and the authorial intrusion became quite annoying. I also found the choice of future tense baffling.

Bluebloods? Mobbers?
In a short story there was far too much inconsequential rumination and far too little happening.
You write well enough but your plotting somehow went awry.

H

Anyway, you did read so thanks for tolerating my annoying links.
I appreciate the feedback, sorry you didn't enjoy it.

[hillwalker]

No one's assuming you demand anything - it's just that we're all used to reading stuff on here without opening a new window... as for not liking it, that's no reflection on your talent.

:D

H