My thoughts

Monday the first day of my working vacation

11/20/06

I am on the first day of my working vacation, where I don't have to go to work but I do need to get caught up in writing.
I have submitted several short stories and 2 chapters of a novel to this website.
I am struggling with now how to handle critiques of my work, especially my novel. It is not that I can't take the criticism, I welcome it. It is that I am not sure how to respond.
I want my original critiques to reread my work and see if the changes I made address their concerns. However, I feel it may be rude to ask someone to continuasly read my work since I know everyone here is busy.
Also, I dont want to change things just because a reader suggest something. While I respect reader's opinions, especially the well thought out ones, I don't want to sacrifice my vision.
I am not sure how to find my way out of these dillemmas. But I think I know how I can address the first one. I need to do a better job in my own reviews to give other writers the feeback to help them in their works.
Well there are my thoughts for today at least for now