*nods* Artists and writers are the same. Never let even your most cherished fans dictate your work. If they don't like it, they don't need to view it. If they want something else, they should go somewhere else. I've turned down commissions because it's not what I do. I do what I like, and it'll find it's place in the market, or it won't. Either way, I'm fine with that.
Ratings can be useful for some things, but they can be very unhelpful, even when spicific. I don't expect ratings for written work. If the fiction turns out to be something I didn't expect and don't enjoy, it's simple - I stop reading. I'm certainly not going to pin responsibility for informing me of everything up front on the author. That's just ridiculous.
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Date: 18 Mar 2005 01:19 am (UTC)Ratings can be useful for some things, but they can be very unhelpful, even when spicific. I don't expect ratings for written work. If the fiction turns out to be something I didn't expect and don't enjoy, it's simple - I stop reading. I'm certainly not going to pin responsibility for informing me of everything up front on the author. That's just ridiculous.