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So, there's a fan author I want to send an "I really love your fic" email to.
...only I want to add a line along the lines of "I'm very impressed with your level of detail and world building and I am not easily impressed; I've been reading fanfic for almost 40 years and used to be a book critic." And I can't tell if the natural reaction to that comment would be "Wow. That's really something; I'm flattered" or "Wow. What a blowhard; she's flattering herself."
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...only I want to add a line along the lines of "I'm very impressed with your level of detail and world building and I am not easily impressed; I've been reading fanfic for almost 40 years and used to be a book critic." And I can't tell if the natural reaction to that comment would be "Wow. That's really something; I'm flattered" or "Wow. What a blowhard; she's flattering herself."
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"I've been reading fanfic for nearly forty years and your level of detail and world building are among the best I've ever seen."
If you were a professional book critic, getting paid actual money, you might mention that; if not, I'd leave it out. (I can't recall what the situation was; blame my swiss-cheese brain.) If you want to compare her writing favorably with good pro writers, go for it.
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