Topic: Review responses

All reviewers should receive the courtesy of a reply from authors they’ve reviewed. I thought that was a given on this site, but recently I’ve been disappointed. Almost two months have elapsed since I published reviews for two postings, and I’m still waiting for replies from the authors. If you have issues with the review, fine, communicate that. But no response at all means I’ve no idea how my reviews were received, making me think I’ve wasted my time - time better spent reviewing other works on the site instead. For sure, a truant author will not receive any further reviews from me. I don’t think I’m alone here in this respect. If it was a simple oversight, okay, stuff happens. But I urge everyone to periodically check your reviews list to make sure you’ve kept current.

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I know I'm not the most organized so if I'm behind with anyone please let me know. I'm still waiting on a chapter response for my most resent posting, but I've not waited 2 months. That's a long time.

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You both had me digging through my reviews to be sure it wasn't me. :-)  My account still has a bug such that it doesn't show me all my past reviews without me jumping through hoops, but it looks like I'm caught up. Please let me know if that's not the case.

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I won’t name names, Dirk, but it’s definitely not you.

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I don't think it's me. I know I do fall behind occasionally, but I to acknowledge every response I receive (I hope).

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Not you, Randy. I’m talking almost two months, not a little behind as we all fall prey to on occasion. Anyway, I’ve said my piece. The scofflaws know who they are, and I hope they’ll mend their ways. My only intention in this post subject was to remind authors of their responsibilities if they want to be active participants on this site. I thank Sol for creating it, a valuable resource for authors wanting to present their creations to the critiques of their peers. I’ve workshopped all my books here and plan to continue.

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jack the knife wrote:

Not you, Randy. I’m talking almost two months, not a little behind as we all fall prey to on occasion. Anyway, I’ve said my piece. The scofflaws know who they are, and I hope they’ll mend their ways. My only intention in this post subject was to remind authors of their responsibilities if they want to be active participants on this site. I thank Sol for creating it, a valuable resource for authors wanting to present their creations to the critiques of their peers. I’ve workshopped all my books here and plan to continue.

Well said, Jack!

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