tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post1659682295888622694..comments2023-11-05T01:10:01.700-08:00Comments on Jenna Bennett / Jennie Bentley: ChangeJennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01442754671445893599noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-9005765095558660642013-01-05T10:05:04.006-08:002013-01-05T10:05:04.006-08:00Thanks, y'all! I'm so happy to have reader...Thanks, y'all! I'm so happy to have readers like you, who not only read and love my books, but who cheer me up - and on - when I need it! xoxoJennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442754671445893599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-83005342950175728252013-01-04T17:19:10.942-08:002013-01-04T17:19:10.942-08:00Oh, sweetie, don't let it get to ya. Nobody, ...Oh, sweetie, don't let it get to ya. Nobody, but nobody grew in a more Southerny-Southern place and time than me, and I wasn't at all offended by any of the Cutthroat books. In fact, you know I like 'em pretty good. I think that many people are just incredibly self-consciously PC. They may themselves be a teeny bit racist,so go to great lengths to find things to criticize to make themselves feel better. We all know it's out there. As Bill Maher says about the (particularly) right wings disrespect of the President, "Now, what is it about Obama that's different from other Presidents? Hmmmm, what could it be...." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666909454402930923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-51181665948041130802013-01-03T06:55:23.340-08:002013-01-03T06:55:23.340-08:00I applaud you! I think you do a great job with yo...I applaud you! I think you do a great job with your writing and totally understand your characters and the story you are telling. I have to wonder where this reviewer is from? I can understand if they are not familiar with life in the south, how they not understand the story you are telling. Having lived in the south for many years, I understand exactly what you're saying in your books and really enjoy seeing how the characters grow and evolve. I especially enjoyed seeing Savannah's character in the Cutthroat series grow and her mind open as she gets to know Rafe better. She moves past the conceptions she's raised with to see him as a good man and not just a mixed race boy from the wrong side of the tracks. I believe it was in book 3 where Savannah is in Rafe's old room in the trailer in the bog and is looking at the pinup on the wall of the blonde girl and begins thinking about him being involved with Elspeth and Yvonne and how all are white and maybe Rafe doesn't see himself as a black man. That is HUGE! It's great to see Savannah's character grow like that. No way would I say you are racist. Keep writing the words you write. Your stories are AWESOME!Peachy1960https://www.blogger.com/profile/09160174361152915733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-56580277392444177312013-01-02T15:54:36.720-08:002013-01-02T15:54:36.720-08:00I love your work and I'm glad you write what y...I love your work and I'm glad you write what you want and how you want it to be.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-66896752609372006392013-01-02T15:36:35.334-08:002013-01-02T15:36:35.334-08:00"I want to write about triumphant victories.&..."I want to write about triumphant victories." Good because I love to read those stories.Avery Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04999071609381945059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-61218920487426619412013-01-02T15:25:21.864-08:002013-01-02T15:25:21.864-08:00I hear you.
I took my MCRW novella contest entry ...I hear you.<br /><br />I took my MCRW novella contest entry to a critique last fall. There were several comments, but one was that they didn't like the heroine very much. "Too angry," they said. She's a jilted bride who discovered her finance was sleeping with one of her bridesmaids. I thik she deserves to be angry. But several people said I'd make her more sympathetic if I portrayed her more hurt than angry.<br /><br />But that's not what I want. This character needs to get past her anger and learn that some guys (like the hero) are worth laying your heart out and trusting.<br /><br />So I still have to go back and make some changes, but I don't think I'm going to make her "less angry" - at least not at first. Because as you said, that deprives the character of real growth and makes the change less of a Big Thing - and that's not fair to the character or the reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-4294908146067820892013-01-02T15:22:56.603-08:002013-01-02T15:22:56.603-08:00I'm scratching my head at the accusation of yo...I'm scratching my head at the accusation of you being a racist. You write realistic characters. Some have prejudices. Some are racist. There are also open minded-characters. <br /><br />Conflict is the life blood of a good story. And your characters always have lots of conflict because they come from all walks of life and have different experiences coloring their perceptions of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718027583537007526.post-5666960472556314572013-01-02T14:39:14.774-08:002013-01-02T14:39:14.774-08:00Well said -- but then, you're an author! Of co...Well said -- but then, you're an author! Of course it is! I totally agree with you. And if some people are just narrow minded enough to not look beyond their preconceptions, then it is NO fault of yours. For every small minded person, I'm betting you have encountered numerous encouragers who get you!<br /><br />I get you! And I will read everything you write!!!!! justpassingthroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483167629640251423noreply@blogger.com