The Snowflake Chronicles

when the pen is not mightier

3 Mashiyyat 163 B.E. – September 29, 2006

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As to why people give only positive uplifting comments when reviewing, I can’t say. Fortunately, the only time I can read someone else’s mind is when they are in the same room with me and a blood relative. I know that when I first started reviewing, I felt self-conscious when giving a review that didn’t stroke the ego. Maybe that’s the reason so many people give that type of review. Eventually I got over the fear of offending when I gave a suggestion on how to improve a piece of writing. I like getting reviews, both types of reviews. The positive sugar and cream reviews help me past the fear of putting my writing before the public. The true critiques help me improve my writing. If a critique is written properly, it doesn’t offend (at least not in most cases).

I haven’t been giving a lot of reviews lately. I have a good excuse; I’m going for my Masters in Educational Technology. I’m taking a new course every five weeks with two assignments due every week. The assignments are a Discussion Board paper of between 3 and 6 paragraphs, an Individual Assignment consisting of 3 to 7 pages, and a Group Assignment. So it isn’t that I haven’t written anything. In addition, I’m working on a novel. However, I’m not sure that that’s why I’m not giving reviews.

My life has been extremely stressful. I have very little money coming in and I’ve go medical and other bills to pay. My bank account is in overdraft, I have food and gas to buy. I actually did run out of gas on Tuesday. Fortunately, the car was in my driveway and I had enough gas to get it into the garage. Don’t ask me why I put it in the garage, I mean without gas nobody is going to steal it and I’m not even going to discuss the food situation. Let’s just say that there was one day I eat Rice Crispies mixed with peanut butter and jam. I now have gas in the car and real food in the refrigerator.