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Re: Off-topic posts removed from review, Feb 28
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As you can see from his post, he was quite critical of some elements of my book, which is is prerogative. But perhaps he was trying to find out why my book was given an enthusiastic 4 stars?
I checked the reviews of his books and I think all of them also received 4 stars, so a tinge of jealousy can't be the cause.
Incidentally, Mr. Zlotnik and I exchanged PMs and then emails, and he sent me his book, which I thought quite good. But insofar as our personal emails were concerned, they were 100% cordial and there was no conflict. He did criticize some of my writing style, but otherwise, nothing negative crossed between us. So I'm as mystified as anyone else.
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Oh well, on to greater glory, ha ha.
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Your comments made me curious about the author's reviews so I did a search of them. While one book received 4 stars, the other two received 3 stars. In my opinion, a 3-star rating is still very positive, but some authors are unhappy with anything less than the highest rating.moderntimes wrote:Mystifies me, owlie. The reviews he received were quite good, and 4-star too.
Oh well, on to greater glory, ha ha.
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But what still confuses me is how he thought that I'd primped for a positive review. In NONE of my many postings have I ever made the slightest reference to pressuring the reviewer (if I were even somehow able to do this) --- as you know, the reviewer is not disclosed to the author, so there'd be no way I could try to get a better review. And Mr. Zlotnik knows this.
He's not the new kid on the block, either. He's a mature man with a long personal history of military and other work, and knows how the real world functions.
But sometimes writers get wrapped up in their own "product" and become overly protective or defensive. I know that he's written mysteries but my own novels are within the subgenre of private detective stories and therefore are in no way "competition" to his books. So I still am puzzled. Oh, well.