Depriving yourself of feedback
from your readers telling you exactly what you're doing right and wrong
Sometime in 2002, I received an email
from a reader telling me I was wrong and that taste buds could only detect sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and umami flavors.
It seems like every time I post a yeasted bread recipe on the good ol' blog, I get at least one comment
from a reader telling me that they're afraid of yeast.
I am extremely touched by all the messages I received throughout the year
from readers telling me about how much their kids loved the printables, the quiet books they made and just enjoyed my ideas in general.
I get an email
from a reader telling me he / she enjoyed my book and when I write a thank you note back, I have a hard time saying «hey — write a review for me» without it sounding pushy.
The occasional fan mail
from a reader tells me I'm connecting with at least a few dedicated readers.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, here's how to write killer sales emails and how to get your sales emails opened — both useful posts
from what
readers have
told me.
«I can not
tell you how many letters we get
from readers who have lost everything to pickpockets, so it really is a mistake to carry around a lot of cash,» she said.
Pinker
told us he wanted to give
readers «a different appreciation of the world
from day - to - day journalism.
In an «Ask Me Anything» session on Reddit Monday evening (Jan. 5), Musk
told readers that the details of his Mars Colonial Transporter would be unveiled by the end of the year, and that the plan would be different
from the Dragon capsules and Falcon 9 rockets SpaceX is flying today.
As you can
tell from its title, a Sources, and Uses of Funds statement shows the
reader the information needed to get the «big picture» of:
One friend
told me recently that, when he asked a question about parenting on Facebook, he received close to a hundred comments
from concerned
readers.
Dante's innovative but risky technique was to trust us, his
readers, with the responsibility for seizing upon the details in the narratives
told by these sympathetic sinners in order to condemn them on the evidence that issues
from their own mouths.
Responding to a piece I wrote for the Washington Post about my journey
from young earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, Mohler
told readers that my «glib and superficial endorsement of evolution and its reconciliation with Christianity is all too common and all to irresponsible.»
I recognize that
from the
reader's point of view this is «hearsay,» but it is exactly what they
told me.
Nearly all other notices of God's activity are found in the speech of the characters as if to reveal their growing awareness of what the storyteller has
told the
reader; God is present and active, even when God remains hidden
from view.
What Dalrymple fails to
tell his American
readers, says Davenport - Hines, is that the emotional incontinence and cultural collapse of Britain is imported
from America.
But Paul wants to encourage his
readers by
telling them that the suffering they face will result in glory, and that absolutely nothing can separate them
from God's love or God's purpose in their lives (Romans 8:31 - 39).
He
tells us that Raheb «rattled off standard points
from the pro-Palestinian side,» such as «labeling Israel an apartheid state,» but does not give the
reader any reason to judge this characterization inaccurate.
An infamous tract titled «Holocaust» (which can still be custom ordered
from Chick's site) features an elderly survivor who
tells the
reader that the Nazis» «Final Solution» was masterminded by Jesuits, and that Hitler was a «faithful Catholic» who remains admired by the Vatican.
Paul
tells his
readers to be transformed by the renewing of their minds, perhaps we might take this to mean transformed
from the usual assumptions of the crowd.
Autobiographical fallacies aside, I can now only repeat something Borges said, a paraphrase of Mark Twain he cited in reviewing Kipling's autobiography (Something of Myself) in El Hogar: «It is not possible for a man to
tell the truth about himself, or to keep
from conveying to the
reader the truth about himself.»
Well, it comes
from a 2000 year old book, contradicted by other 2000 year old books, no updates, can be interpreted in so many different ways depending on how the
reader perceives his world (and how science has progressed... I'm sure if you were alive before galileo
told you the earth did not revolve around the sun and had only the bible as your reference you would come to the same conclusion as the Vatican who said the sun revolved around the earth....
I get many questions
from readers asking me what toaster oven I recommend or which ramekins to buy and I can
tell you that purchased my toaster oven and the ramekins I use
from Amazon.
A few
readers told me to eat them
from the jar.
I know they don't like to brag, so I have to
tell you that they found out that one of my
readers was having major surgery this week (
from her comment) and they contacted her to send her a box of «get well toffee
from the toffee elves».
Back in June I
told you why French Onion Soup is such a comfort food to me, and those stuffed meatballs were huge hit with both my own family and families of
readers who I heard
from all over the country.
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If you are a devoted
reader of this blog (which of course I hope you are, haha) you'll know that I love soups and this one is no exception as you can probably
tell from this paragraph.
We can
tell because every time around this year, we start getting comments and notes
from readers who are gearing up for their own canning projects.
And then proceeded to
tell me that if I didn't post the recipe by the end of the week, OLC was going to be removed
from your
reader.
I got a lovely email
from a
reader in the Philippines
telling me about a kind of recipe contest for Ingredient Matcher, a new cooking app that is launching this fall.
A
reader asked me to make a video tutorial for my gluten free sourdough starter and I'm working on it... It just takes quite a lot of time to make videos and especially when you have to spend a week on it... Anyway, while we're talking about sourdough starters I wanted to
tell you that I currently use light buckwheat flour instead of dark (which is made
from unhulled buckwheat seeds) in my gluten free sourdough starter simply because I haven't been able to find it in the grocery store.
In his newsletters, Nelson may, say, offer $ 5 off an order of three $ 25 M & M - Mars pins
from the L.A. Olympics if a
reader can
tell him which original color M & M — besides red, which is being produced again as of this year — is no longer made.
Unlike the majority of football books of a similar ilk, Wilson actually has a story to
tell, which takes the
reader on journey
from his childhood in Chesterfield to his playing days with Arsenal and beyond and his life a broadcaster and presenter.
This week, Irish Times Abroad
readers have been
telling us how they will be spending Christmas Day,
from Puglia in Italy to Bali in Indonesia.
In the coming week here on TLT, I'm eager to share a great guest post
from a school food provider who really
tells it like it is, and I'm going to have an announcement later in the week that I hope will be of special interest to Houston
readers.
I don't know what her head has to say about making the transition, but I can
tell you her
readers —
from all parts of the adoption constellation — couldn't be happier.
FYI:
Readers in upstate NY have
told us they have been able to buy furniture direct
from El Greco's Jamestown factory store — one snagged a crib for $ 200 under the regular retail price.
Tell your
readers that this was the most wonderful thing they could have done for all of us serving our country so far away
from our loved ones.
«
Readers are realising, OK, if I want to explore Africa I'd rather be
told from an African point of view rather than being
told things that I'm expected to want to know.»
A
reader forwarded an email invite
from NYC Councilman Lew Fidler to an all - day open house fundraiser on June 26 for an «unspecified» state office,
telling supporters that it is «imperative» for him to raise more campaign cash than ever before (presumably) to demonstrate political strength.
Jay goes on the offensive,
telling her that the «impetus» comes
from the politicians going to the editors, just as it's the
readers who provide the impetus for editors.
During the 2014 independence referendum campaign, Sturgeon - as part of the nationalists» Yes Scotland group -
told a story about a Scotland that would go its own way, where politicians would break
from Westminster «austerity» and take decisions that reflected the peculiarly compassionate nature of the people (
readers who had the misfortune to be born outside Scotland must remember that those of us who entered the world north of the border are special because we just are).
«Yunior»
tells the
reader that he was inspired to write a book after de Leon's character compiled and sent to him emails and photos
from his «cheating days» a month after their breakup.
An Interactive Advertising Bureau study found that only 41 percent of general - news
readers could
tell such ads apart
from real news stories.
Smith neglects to
tell the
reader, or perhaps does not know, that scientists have sensitive methods with which they can detect unintended proteins that might arise
from read - through transcripts.
Years ago, a
reader from India
told me about a natural way to whiten teeth and it is the only method I've used since that time.
I got an email today
from a
reader who was
told by a fairly prominent doctor / author that aerobics and running will «kill you»
In fact, the biggest complaint I get
from my
readers is that they are just sick and tired of all of the pharmaceutical drugs they are
told to take.