Thanks for the links, and sorry it's taken me so long -
The rapist story. A brutal read.
I just read a 400-page manuscript for a friend of 15+ years and questioned some of the characters behaviors -- she sent me a diatribe, ridiculing me, going on the defensive --
Her agent rejected it, calling it a Christian novel. Guess what. It reads like a Christian novel.

The hours I spent reading and responding with honesty and much enthusiasm and many affirmations and (always!) pointing out all that is GOOD in the novel (too many critique-ers and workshoppers neglect to do this) -- the YEARS I've spent on the phone listening to this author complain about her family --

I'm done.
Nobody wants my honest feedback.

You are a talented writer, Cliff!