From: Natalie@yabbs
To: Lestat!@yabbs
Subject: re: whatever
Date: Thu Jul 28 20:03:48 1994

ok, this is a base for criticism, right?  from what i've read, your poetry 
seems very derivative of others' work.  while you have strong imagaery and 
a good sense of language, when i read your poetry i can't help but 
thinking i've read it, or something LIKE it before.  you've read a lot of 
the romantics, haven't you? and a bit of anne rice, as well (gee, that was 
hard to guess :) ) but i'm not saying this to be mean or to cut you down, 
just to point out to you whati notice.  but i also gather you're just 
starting out, so it's ok to be somewhat derivative of your influences. but 
you HAVE to find your own voice if you want to get anywhere.  i've been 
atthis for god knows how long and i'm still trying to distance myself from 
my influences (yeats and the romantics) in order to find my voice.

natalie