It seems that a certain individual not to be named (but the name rhymes with "berdita") has been trying to sabotage the mindless chatter, political--um--discussion, open and underhanded barbs, and attempts at flame war... with this, this, ack, I can hardly say it...."meaningful content".
No, it's worse than that. These posts have actually been trying to provide valid--if you can call it that--information on writing, style, etc., in, what would seem to me to be, a thinly disguised attempt at shifting the focus of the Authors Hangout to--of all things--writing. Like maybe she could actually change the noise to content ratio, not realizing that we consider this, this...stuff on writing to be noise.
Does she not realize that that the will of the people has spoken?! (And what is meant by "will" of the people--are they going to leave me with something when they all pass away?)
Doesn't she realize that infrequent visitors such as myself come here to wait patiently while their latest story bubbles to the top of the queue and gets posted, so that then I can prostrate myself and beg for critical feedback. -- oh wait that was a rhetorical Q-- ?!
I actually had to skip over one of her posts to see the next 10 threads of mindless fun! (so's I could zip off a few not so funny replies to others in my own stilted fashion).
And these so called "articles" of hers are not easy to read: they got paragraphs and everything.
Now, please, I ask you all to please not fall for her trickery. Don't give in to the base nasty urge to learn or share. Ignore it! Divert your attention back to the fun, so that we can more easily pass the time while waiting for that latest string of alhpanumeric characters we call stories to get posted.
(bleck! Stories, schmories. I only write them as an excuse to hang out in AH. Don't you?)
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The moderator of the AH appologizes for that last holier than thou outburst, he has since become an atheist.
No, it's worse than that. These posts have actually been trying to provide valid--if you can call it that--information on writing, style, etc., in, what would seem to me to be, a thinly disguised attempt at shifting the focus of the Authors Hangout to--of all things--writing. Like maybe she could actually change the noise to content ratio, not realizing that we consider this, this...stuff on writing to be noise.
Does she not realize that that the will of the people has spoken?! (And what is meant by "will" of the people--are they going to leave me with something when they all pass away?)
Doesn't she realize that infrequent visitors such as myself come here to wait patiently while their latest story bubbles to the top of the queue and gets posted, so that then I can prostrate myself and beg for critical feedback. -- oh wait that was a rhetorical Q-- ?!
I actually had to skip over one of her posts to see the next 10 threads of mindless fun! (so's I could zip off a few not so funny replies to others in my own stilted fashion).
And these so called "articles" of hers are not easy to read: they got paragraphs and everything.
Now, please, I ask you all to please not fall for her trickery. Don't give in to the base nasty urge to learn or share. Ignore it! Divert your attention back to the fun, so that we can more easily pass the time while waiting for that latest string of alhpanumeric characters we call stories to get posted.
(bleck! Stories, schmories. I only write them as an excuse to hang out in AH. Don't you?)
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The moderator of the AH appologizes for that last holier than thou outburst, he has since become an atheist.
