this story is great and deserves to be published. i don't understand why none of you all can see it.

Interesting work, good luck

thumbs up
what an imagination!
love,
mel

good luck, frizzy top!

A nice idea. It's the sort of thing that appeals to me, and it's well written. You have my vote.

Well written,  filled with intrigue and imagination.

Love it!

Full of imagination and wellw ritten, the sort of project Webook was made for.

It sounds good!

Hi,

I've been keeping an eye on the poles and on the works for which I voted.  I've noticed that it is quite plain that the best works are receiving the most negative votes, simply because others feel their chances are threatened.  There might even be some cross-negative voting, ie, your fans voting negatively on other books, so I thought you'd like to know the following.  Please read it and let your fans know that they need not vote negatively to get your work published!  i received this email from Melissa, the site coordinator after emailing her my thoughts and feelings about the negative vote.:

From: Melissa

Sent: 11/6/2008 06:38 AM PT

Subject: Negative voting
James,

I've posted about this in the WEbook forums; check it out here:  http://www.webook.com/forums/messageIndex.aspx?topic=cce7e374128946999b9c4baca1e2e360&fview=true

We did not anticipate the kind of negativity and unscrupulous voting that we've seen.  We will likely not include negative votes in the final tally.

-- Melissa

-------- Original Message -------------

From: jamesbbrown

Sent: 11/6/2008 06:38 AM PT

Subject: Negative voting
Hey Melissa!  I am writing because, as I'm sure are many we-booker's, I'm concerned about the 'negative voting'.  People are clearly just voting every project (other than their favorite) down without reading the material.  This is really disappointing, and I am a little bewildered as to how this clearly inevitable outcome might not have been anticipated.

Is there any talk of eliminating this feature prior to the end of the election?  This is becoming a really hostile process, and it seems clear that given the "negative voting" mechanism, the results of this voting process will be impossible to interpret.

How will you select the top 10%?  What will determine that ranking from which you will select a work or works?  The highest % positive will of course be books only voted on a few time.  Will you ignore the negative votes at that point?

In any case, I just wanted to express my profound disappointment at this process.  I would love to know to what purpose the negative voting information will be put, as I would sleep better at night.  Right now my favorite webook books are getting crushed under the negative weight, and it is tragic.

-James

This is absolutely beautiful!  You have a rich, unique and ephemeral voice.  All the best of luck --
MJ

Very Descriptive writing and imaginative. I like that your writing plays like a movie in my head with your words of imagery....I hope to read in it's entirety in printed page!

You got a thumbs up from me. Did you get the General and Flakes thing from cereal? That's awesome. Good luck! I also have a book called The Sturtles that is up for vote. Please check it out if you have an extra second. Thanks.

Blake

I like it, I wanted to keep reading after the first chapter and that spells winner to me!

good luck Ruchira!!

Namrata asked me to vote

Nicely done

hey ruchira!! all the best!! :)

Yeah, you have my vote!

You got my vote!

all the best roch!! i hope it works!!!!

hey, great effort...wil spread the word, and good luck!

i have full faith in this.. it will work out!

i love it!!

Do read the whole book! :)

Sounds like an interesting story. I'll look into it ASAP. ^_^