Funny this should come now. I had a problem in a yahoo group I own/mod about proper debating prodedure.


Backhanded insults are still insults.

Ex. Someone posts a novel that included a vampire. Another responds with: Vampire novels are can be unimaginative and most authors tend to write poorly written porn just to get a rise out of the readers.

By association, the author is now on the defensive because now they assume it was said that their work was lumped in with that. If you have a bias against a certain genre, it's best to keep that to yourself. That isn't to say that you shouldn't offer help in other areas, but if you start out dumping on the basic premise of the story, the author will either ignore you outright or get offended.

If that is your opinion