Negative review for Erich's Plea

Hi all,
Well I knew it would happen eventually - there's not an author alive who doesn't get a bad review but I have to say for my first one I was actually kind of pleased. Pleased? I hear you say - well if I can post some of the comments made in the review you might see why. Obviously he didn't like the story itself - thought it was a little too D&D and S&S - that's ok as they happen to be fantasy stories and games that I really enjoy so I can hardly be surprised if that type of style crept into my books.

He also said however, "This is an author with a strong, free flowing, natural command of English, who produces language that is very easy to read, and read quickly." and went on to say "whenever the author does switch to description or narration, the reader is carried along rapidly by the clarity and flow of her English." There were other very complimentary comments but I'll leave that for now. If you'd like to read the whole review here's the link - http://indiefantasyreview.blogspot.com/

As a writer I couldn't help but be secretly pleased by his judgement of my writing skills. It would be one thing to say he hated the story and I wrote like a seven year old but this wasn't that kind of review.

So while I'm not exactly bragging - who brags about a bad review? - I am encouraged and feel like a real writer for maybe the first time. I've joined the queue of all other writers who get both good and bad reviews.

I know that bad reviews are supposed to bring us down but I have to be honest and say this one just encouraged me to keep putting proverbial pen to paper and keep writing.

Cheers,
Trace