[QUOTE]Originally posted by veru_skjava
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hello to all who have provided excellent dialogue in this thread.

## And you, too, Marcus! ;-)

I know for me, it was very hard to write reviews initially. I worried about not being able to meet the same apparent degree of literary insight that I have read from other reviewers.

## If I may borrow a line from Marcus' Twain, "It is difference of opinion that makes horse races." That's what fora like these are for.

I read a post on these forums at one point and realized the importance of providing my own personal insight.

After taking the initial risk in reviewing, it has become my practice to review any story i read.

## A commendable practice to which I have adhered since we began this thread several weeks ago (except for a period when I was plagued by technical difficulties) and which I recommend to all of the authors, in particular. If the authors alone were to review every story we read, I think our brethren and sistren would be swimming in reviews.



I have enjoyed reading this thread, excellent points have been discussed.

looking forward to continued reading here in the forums...

## I am not sure if we are permitted or encouraged to review avatars, but may I be among the first to give yours a ten? I have studied it carefully, and find it above reproach

Boccaccio