[JamesP81]

Righter's Ping.

This is a ping list dedicated to writers of a conservative political bent. If you want on or off this list, FRMail or ping me.

[KoRn]

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[bobbyd]

take a pill

[grey_whiskers]

Since in this case open forum means FR, which has moderators, and not too many DU trolls, I am in favor of open forum. That way we can all benefit from the distilled wisdom of the comments.

Cheers!

[Lokibob]

I’m sorry, but I feel that critiquing postings on FR will be the death knell of FR.

IMHO, FR is for the exchange of conservative ideas, NOT trying to prove how smart the author of the posting appears.

Personally, I would hesitate to post anything that is even slightly controversial, if it is going to be critiqued.

There has to be a better forum for this kind of activity.

While I’m ranting, another thing... I see posting for assistance in the treatment of medical problems (diabetes, tonight), computer repair, dog training, religion, and endless other subjects.. I want to tell the poster that I’m going on a diabetes (computer, religious, dog) forum and asking for political advise.

FR has lost its focus during the last year, with the opening of blogging as a category. Personally, I’d like it to get back to the posting of political articles, and the discussion of the same.

....Bob

[Lokibob]

Forgot to add:

If you are going to critique via Freepmail, that is downright rude. It is simply talking behind somebodies back.

.....Bob

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

bump

[carton253]

Chapters may be too long to be contained in just a post. I, for one, would not mind having chapters emailed to me. That way, I can print them out and give an honest assessment.

That is my 2 cents worth.

[Scourge of God]

This would be a great forum for posting excerpts of your fiction. Posting of long works would best be done elsewhere. Critters.org is a good place to have entire novels critiqued.

Posting an entire story or chapter or whatever is fraught with peril. You can be ripped off. Also, publishers can be leery of anything that has been published in cyberspace. The potential for copyright violations will cause them to pass on something that’s on a website somewhere.

And really, an excerpt is all we need to open up discussions and critiques on a piece. Maybe someone could even give out assignments of short blurbs we all write and then critique.