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Originally Posted by Lloyd Tackitt
I respond in the same tone of voice as the reviewer. If it is caustic or sarcastic so is my response. If the tone is courteous, so is my response.
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Originally Posted by ficbot
It is up to you to do what you want, but you asked for opinions, and as a paying reader, I wholeheartedly disagree with your approach. I might stop and look at your page, the same way people stop to gawk at a traffic accident, but I would never actually buy a book from someone who does what you do. It smacks of the mark of the amateur to me, and with so many other books in my to-read pile, I'll stick with people who can conduct themselves like grown-ups  |
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Originally Posted by Lloyd Tackitt
That's the kind of commen I respond to: "I'll stick with people who can conduct themselves like grown-ups" You were doing just fine until then, replying with courtesy and with your opinion, to which you are certainly entitled. But, you apparently couldn't help getting in one last caustic little snide comment eh? Pehaps it is because you hide behind a shield of anonymity. I have noticed that those who hide behind a fake name seem to let their inner sniveling out the most.
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While you claim to respond in the same voice as a comment, I can't help reading this exchange and thinking that you ratcheted up the ante significantly. You took a general response and made it personal; you added fuel to the situation by raising an extraneous point (anonymity); and you used fighting words (caustic, snide, sniveling) of a much lower flashpoint than those of the respondent (amateur, grown-up).
Aside from what I might think of the author as a person (ficbot was taking the time to try to help you), the inference I draw from this about his general writing style in regard to voice and nuance would keep me from wanting ever to read one of his books.