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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 3120317" data-attributes="member: 5171">Cool deal.Nope. The author's age isn't evidence of it being bad. Using your parents' connections to get the book published isn't evidence of it being bad.It being bad is evidence of it being bad, though. And after the fact, once I have a bad book, I look for reasons that the bad book got published. The hype over his age and his parents' connections are logical reasons for a bad book to get published, but they are in no way the cause of the badness. It's a fine distinction, but an important one.So to be clear, if you're unpublished, your opinions are free and clear, but if you've had something published, you have to determine whether the opinion is valid or not? There seems to be a bit of two-stepping here, and I appear to have interpreted what you said entirely correctly. You want to see a list of publications because you suspect that any criticism coming from someone who claims to be a writer is sour grapes.My publications:* &quot;Dragons and Other Extinctions&quot; in Realms of Fantasy, February 1999* &quot;Glass Beads&quot; in Science Fiction Age, May 2000* &quot;I am Looking for a Book...&quot; in Shelf-Life: The DreamHaven Bookstore Anthology* &quot;Why the Elders Bare Their Throats&quot; in Strange Horizons, February 2003* &quot;No Questions Asked&quot; in Vestal Review, April 2003* &quot;When She Grows a Soul&quot; in Leading Edge, Winter 2003* &quot;Injure the Corners&quot; in Amazing Stories, October 2004* &quot;Release the Knot&quot; in Amazing Stories, December 2004* &quot;A Duel of Fathers and Sons&quot; in Clash of Steel: The Reluctant Hero, March 2005&quot;Elders&quot; and &quot;Questions&quot; are both findable online if you go to Strange Horizons or Vestal Review, respectively. I'm proudest of &quot;Injure&quot;, &quot;Release&quot;, and &quot;Looking for a Book...&quot;, but they're a pain to find in print.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 3120317, member: 5171"] Cool deal. Nope. The author's age isn't evidence of it being bad. Using your parents' connections to get the book published isn't evidence of it being bad. It being bad is evidence of it being bad, though. And after the fact, once I have a bad book, I look for reasons that the bad book got published. The hype over his age and his parents' connections are logical reasons for a bad book to get published, but they are in no way the cause of the badness. It's a fine distinction, but an important one. So to be clear, if you're unpublished, your opinions are free and clear, but if you've had something published, you have to determine whether the opinion is valid or not? There seems to be a bit of two-stepping here, and I appear to have interpreted what you said entirely correctly. You want to see a list of publications because you suspect that any criticism coming from someone who claims to be a writer is sour grapes. My publications: * "Dragons and Other Extinctions" in Realms of Fantasy, February 1999 * "Glass Beads" in Science Fiction Age, May 2000 * "I am Looking for a Book..." in Shelf-Life: The DreamHaven Bookstore Anthology * "Why the Elders Bare Their Throats" in Strange Horizons, February 2003 * "No Questions Asked" in Vestal Review, April 2003 * "When She Grows a Soul" in Leading Edge, Winter 2003 * "Injure the Corners" in Amazing Stories, October 2004 * "Release the Knot" in Amazing Stories, December 2004 * "A Duel of Fathers and Sons" in Clash of Steel: The Reluctant Hero, March 2005 "Elders" and "Questions" are both findable online if you go to Strange Horizons or Vestal Review, respectively. I'm proudest of "Injure", "Release", and "Looking for a Book...", but they're a pain to find in print. [/QUOTE]

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