Once approached at a con by a guy who handed me his *illustrated* masterpiece, then retreated before I could hand it back. Actually attempted to read a chapter. Um. Suggested gently it wasn't quite there, and that your POV character *never* thinks of herself as, "the tiny child," even if she *is* a six-year-old girl. Anyone who's ever been one (and most people who haven't) knows that a six-year-old is a Big Girl.
It gets worse. More than once, third parties have told people that I am a real, published writer and can read their opus. It's one thing to say no when someone asks you. Much harder when someone asks you because someone else has *told* them that you would. (It's happened to me at least twice. Both times... well, you know...)
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Date: 2009-09-11 09:46 pm (UTC)It gets worse. More than once, third parties have told people that I am a real, published writer and can read their opus. It's one thing to say no when someone asks you. Much harder when someone asks you because someone else has *told* them that you would. (It's happened to me at least twice. Both times... well, you know...)