>Getting usefull C&C has always been the biggest bugaboo about writing
>for me. There are ML's out there, for example, the FFML is back up,
>and there is The Couch ML (visit sofaspud.org for info).
>

Used to sub to FFML, never subbed to the spud.

>However, even with friends and aquaintances, I've had very poor luck.
>And sending it into a ML is a lot like that old cartoon with bugs and
>daffy on stage. You know, the one where bugs does a simple soft shoe
>and the crowd goes wild, but when daffy goes on stage its so silent
>you can hear crickets???

>That's about what its like for me and ML's. ::sigh::

That's about the right of it, especially if your stuff is a) unpolished, b) you're retreading an idea, or c) Too Many Established And Interesting Authors Posted Works That Day.

c) is, ironically, the reverse of RAAC, where you sometimes are drowned out in the crap of the people who post endless and endless drivel. It's a bemusing catch-22, and why a reputation is golden sometimes.