Wow

Wow! I got my first comment on my novel I posted on another blog. This person had a much to say about my story.

First this person asked if this story was written 4000 years ago.
Answer: Um, no. I started it 2 years ago and finished it last year. It does take place during the shift of the Bronze Age (Trojan War) and the Iron Age (Classical Greece) if that what this commentor meant.

Next lines of this comment were: I have a headache after reading it. It is so confusing, the characters, the plot, the English.
Answer: I'm sorry but I can't tell what was so confusing by reading this line.
Confusing characters? I have a prince lad going on a journey, the prince's father is in exile, the prince's guardian who is a high priestess, a high priest who fulfills his religious duties, a merchant's son who is the prince's friend, a runaway peasant sweeping floors in an inn whom the prince met, and then the boys meet characters as the prince and his young bodyguards run for safety from the prince's mother. Where's the confusion?

Confusing plot? I'm guessing this person didn't get from the absent father visiting his son in darkness warning him of danger was the plot. And the plot of the whole story is expressed in the introduction at the top of the page where I tell of writing this fairytale for my niece.

Confusing English? OK, I really do not know what this person means. American English is my first language being born in here. I also have a college degree and wrote many term papers 10-25 pages long so I feel confident I am writing in proper English in my story. Perhaps my volcabulary is too advanced for this commentor.

Next line: I don't know what type of audience you had in mind when you wrote this because a child will be sleeping two lines in.
Answer: This commentor obviously didn't read the intro at the top of the page where I express this story was written for a teenage niece, not a child. And by the way, my teenage niece didn't fall sleep reading the first 45 pages at a family gathering. She was eager to read it in the car on the way home.

Next lines: You have good ideas though. I think you should concentrate on writing about something more modern. Something real.
Answer: Is this person trying to make up for insulting my story? I do have to question why this person is reading a fairytale if he or she wants to read real, modern stories. They obviously didn't read the intro at the top of the page.

Last lines of this comment: And don't try and be so fancy, just let it roll. And please check you grammar. Good luck.
Answer: This person should not read Lord of the Rings, for me it was like reading one of my college books. Forgive me if I use large words since my target reader is at a young adult reading level. I would like to know where I need to check my grammar, unless this person is talking about typos I failed to catch. I noticed this person didn't catch his or her your grammar typo when he or she typed you grammar. But thanks for the good luck after bashing my story, you sound like a publisher's rejection notice. Post later. Bye!