I liked the Novella, personally <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Being something of an amateur writer myself, I know that writers tend to judge themselves more keenly than any critic ever will. On the day you decide your work is perfect, your talent vanishes. Self satisfaction is the death of creativity.
A writer may believe themselves better (Or worse) than other writers, but no writer worthy of the name is
ever completely satisfied with their own work <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
