Talk:Devin K. Grayson

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[edit] Too brief

Apart from being all too brief this article lacks details: Date of Birth; why she changed her name and what the original was (this may not be public knowledge); more detailed biography; bibliography.

For the record she's one of my favourite authors, but

Some critics, however, have charged that Grayson's success is based more on notoriety (and her relationship with the highly successful Waid) than actual talent. A number of fans have complained that her work is poorly paced and prone to narrative excess, with verbose dialogue and captions attempting to compensate for actual story telling. None of her books have sold particularly well, some argue, and those that do, it is claimed, do so because Grayson is paired on those books with highly popular artists, such as "good girl" artist Jim Balent.

seems very POV.

Also, a sad lack of citations.

Cerv 03:45, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

I would have to agree, and I'm considering putting the POV template on this article. Since the passage tacitly admits that some of Grayson's titles have sold well, it's highly subjective to attribute that to the artist.Bjones 18:35, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't find her particularly stellar as a writer, but this article is clearly slanted and seems to smack of libel.

It's pretty clearly POV pushing - the claim has gone in a couple of times from the same IP address. Phil Sandifer 18:20, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name change

This article used to mention the reason that Devin changed her name. Why was this information removed, did she object to it? -- Macduff 22:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced perhaps? If there was a good citation, it wouldn't really matter if she objected or not. Ford MF 00:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I put in the fact that Devin had changed her name "(birth name unknown)" and it was removed. Why was this done? Here's what she has to say on the matter. -- Macduff 14:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Devin's name is misspelled. Her middle name is "Kalile," not "Kallie." I tried to correct this but was not able to.

How do you know which is the correct middle name? Both of them are given in the interview. Macduff 04:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relationship to Mark Waid

I noticed that earlier edits of this article have made reference to Grayson's relationship with Waid. Why was this removed? I added a small bit about it towards the end of the article, but I can't find a good, reliable source to attribute the information to. Anybody know of a site or resource that could be sourced? --Bluedeanie (talk) 21:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)