Yes you are, but I love the way you think. I can't wait to read something you've written.
thethinker42 reads my stuff all the time. Do you want to turn out like her? I think not.
Oh, honey! You should hear me in meatspace. I've got this string of invective that's been known to make burly male truckers swoon.
We must meet up sometime and go all Tourette's on each other.
Not talking about the writing being judged people... Talking about the author themselves!
I can't remember that ever happening in all seriousness on AW.
However, judging someone on their looks is what we do all the time in real life. We might think quietly, "She's nice looking," or, "Why doesn't he have a bath and a shave?" or "That shirt doesn't suit him," or "What
does she look like with all that makeup on?"
Momentary flashes, maybe, but opinions they still are. Why should authors be any different?
I look at Stephenie Meyer for instance and think she's beautiful. (Could stand to lose a few, but her author photos are generally neck up). Really. I think she's an extremely good looking woman.
Still can't write for shit though.
Now. If I said, "Stephenie Meyer is ugly, therefore she's a bad writer," well that would make no sense at all.
However, if I alternatively said, "Stephenie Meyer is beautiful; that must mean she's a good writer," that would make no sense either.
One's writing talent (or lack thereof) does not depend on physical appearance.
However - we all judge books by their covers. When it comes to people I mean. Like it or not, deny it all you want, but we do. Someone's appearance is the first thing we see. Not their personality.
Who bashes authors' looks? If looks counted, Stephen King wouldn't be a millionaire. But Adrienne Kress would. And SP too, of course.
I would be a bajillionaire!
ignoring the rest of the thread and dancing the Meposian dance of joy!!
Just for that...I stay.