http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9195 Jennifer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:40:49 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9195 LOL, Kimberly. I'm not the only one who smilies. I've got friends that do, too. :thumbsup: LOL, Kimberly. I’m not the only one who smilies. I’ve got friends that do, too. :thumbsup:

]]> http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9194 Kimberly Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:25:15 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9194 Hmmm. Which category? I entered the Maggies this year. I'll be looking for smilies on my entry. Hmmm. Which category? I entered the Maggies this year. I’ll be looking for smilies on my entry.

]]> http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9193 Jennifer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:17:05 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9193 I like that tagline, Marilyn! This is not a business for the thin-skinned. Mine is much tougher now than when I was a neophyte. I have found, however, that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. I really, really need to hear at least ONE thing I've done right and then I can take the rest like a big girl. And everyone I've ever "read" with (critiqued with), we all agreed, we'd rather hear it from one another up front, straight up. If a critique partner tells me I've nailed it and I haven't, no favors been done there. We have also always agreed to never "argue" points. If they read it and didn't get it, I don't argue it with them. I dropped the ball somewhere or they would have got it. End of discussion. all of that said, I'm very careful and discerning about who I critique with -- and no, the criteria is not to have a "yes" man on my side. :idea: I like that tagline, Marilyn! This is not a business for the thin-skinned. Mine is much tougher now than when I was a neophyte. I have found, however, that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. I really, really need to hear at least ONE thing I’ve done right and then I can take the rest like a big girl. And everyone I’ve ever “read” with (critiqued with), we all agreed, we’d rather hear it from one another up front, straight up. If a critique partner tells me I’ve nailed it and I haven’t, no favors been done there. We have also always agreed to never “argue” points. If they read it and didn’t get it, I don’t argue it with them. I dropped the ball somewhere or they would have got it. End of discussion. all of that said, I’m very careful and discerning about who I critique with — and no, the criteria is not to have a “yes” man on my side. :idea:

]]> http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9192 Marilyn Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:06:20 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9192 GRW is lucky to have you. I've never judged anything where I had to write comments -- just had to give a numeric score. You're right that writers need to learn to take the criticism as well as the smiley faces because once they submit to NYC, they'll be playing with the big kids. As my tagline on eHarlequin says, "It's time to put on your big girl panties and deal with it." GRW is lucky to have you. I’ve never judged anything where I had to write comments — just had to give a numeric score. You’re right that writers need to learn to take the criticism as well as the smiley faces because once they submit to NYC, they’ll be playing with the big kids. As my tagline on eHarlequin says, “It’s time to put on your big girl panties and deal with it.”

]]> http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9191 Jennifer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:34:47 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9191 LOL, Ginger, and I would have everyone in the department pulling out their hair if I was the secretary. It wouldn't be pretty. :mrgreen: LOL, Ginger, and I would have everyone in the department pulling out their hair if I was the secretary. It wouldn’t be pretty. :mrgreen:

]]> http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9190 Ginger Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:11:16 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/530/in-the-mail/#comment-9190 Honey, I admire you so much. I could never do what you do, good thing that I am a department secretary, now that I can handle. :thumbsup2: Honey, I admire you so much. I could never do what you do, good thing that I am a department secretary, now that I can handle. :thumbsup2:

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