tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post115108884999579232..comments2023-10-15T03:25:09.233-04:00Comments on Jason Pinter's 'The Man in Black': Jason Pinterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453031566914553124noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-1151496168105247692006-06-28T08:02:00.000-04:002006-06-28T08:02:00.000-04:00Remind me never to buy one of her books. I have a ...<I>Remind me never to buy one of her books. I have a feeling I wouldn't enjoy it.</I><BR/><BR/>You know, I disagreed with Elaine Viets on this issue, but this comment bugs the shit out of me. <BR/><BR/>Read them or don't read them, but not because you have a gripe with a position the author has taken. Posting stuff like this is mean, petty, and about as personal as you can get with a writer.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-1151141439380234992006-06-24T05:30:00.000-04:002006-06-24T05:30:00.000-04:00Gee...I love when people like that think I need th...Gee...I love when people like that think I need them to stand up for me.<BR/><BR/>Remind me never to buy one of her books. I have a feeling I wouldn't enjoy it.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-1151096725992025342006-06-23T17:05:00.000-04:002006-06-23T17:05:00.000-04:00Rob, that is an excellent point. There is also the...Rob, that is an excellent point. There is also the Los Angeles Film Critics awards. Plus critic routinely write columns listing the best - according to them - movies, books, plays, tv shows, whatever...all the time.Brett Battleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786471378650235415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-1151093295822169832006-06-23T16:08:00.000-04:002006-06-23T16:08:00.000-04:00Just one point:The New York Film critics nominate ...Just one point:<BR/><BR/>The New York Film critics nominate and award a list of best movies, best actors, best directors every year, as I'm sure do many other critics organizations.<BR/><BR/>The Golden Globes is completely fueled by the foreign press.<BR/><BR/>So the argument that reviewers don't make news is silly and using the fact that reviewers were judges is equally silly.Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-1151090360499864732006-06-23T15:19:00.000-04:002006-06-23T15:19:00.000-04:00I'm starting to think we've reached an impass. Kin...I'm starting to think we've reached an impass. Kind of like a political arena -- you'll never get a Democrat to support Bush, and you'll never get a Bush Supporter to vote Democrat. <BR/>A shame, really. Because ITW has done such amazing work to make ThrillerFest and the awards actually mean something, rather than just being a big party.JT Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034115593738265631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-1151089658259892172006-06-23T15:07:00.000-04:002006-06-23T15:07:00.000-04:00I'm not sure what to think about not using reviewe...I'm not sure what to think about not using reviewers as judges.<BR/><BR/>You use other authors? Publishers? Editors? Don't authors, publishers and editors have a greater risk of ethical conflict because they could potentially stand to profit from a win by a certain book, if that author blurbed their book, or if it's a book they published?<BR/><BR/>I honestly don't know what to think of that.<BR/><BR/>But I appreciate you posting this, Jason. Certainly by now, half the world knows where I stand on the subject.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.com