Reviews, Sherlock Holmes, Young Sherlock Holmes...and Harry

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*...anxious to re-join the fray before the 7/16 release date, Entropy
rises from her cushy chair in Lurkdom, smoothes skirt and makes a
tentative move toward the center of the OT room...*


> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "shanti_50130" 
> <seuferer at n...> wrote:I put all that time and effort into the
chapter, post it, and if I am really, really lucky, I'll get two to
three reviews on the chapter on each of the sites to which I post. 

I recently had a similar experience.  As an illustrator, it's always
helpful to get feedback. Like writers, however, we tend to work in
isolated environments and feedback is hard to come by.  So I decided
to post my work on a popular art site which specializes in allowing
artists to view and critique either individual works or your entire
portfolio. Big mistake!  Everyone at the site was so darn nice that
getting some actual constructive criticism was like pulling teeth!
They were so afraid of stepping on toes that most comments consisted
of nothing more than "10!" or "Lovely!". Geez, I'm good, but I'm not
that good! I don't think people understand that most of us put our
work out there and ask for criticism because we actually want
*criticism* -- not a pat on the back.  Anyway, my point is that you
may be able to prod people into giving some honest help by adding some
sort of comment, such as "Constructive criticism welcome" or some such
thing. Which leads me to...

>  Someone recently pointed out I'd misspelled 'Shirlock Holmes' (I'd
put Sherlock) and I fixed it right away. 
> 2)Isn't Sherlock Holmes the correct spelling?

Yes, "Sherlock" is correct.  Which leads me to...

I recently went through a bunch of old videotapes of my parents' and
came across "Young Sherlock Holmes". Anyone ever seen it? I was truly
struck by the similarities (of both the story itself and it's
cinematic treatment) to the Harry Potter movies.  (Check out
Sherlock's Great Hall. Look familiar?). Then I noticed that Chris
Columbus had a hand in the production. So, if you've got an afternoon
to kill and would like to get some insight into where the Harry Potter
movies got their look, you should definitely check this one out.

*...returns once again to Lurkdom's cozy embrace...*

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