This past Saturday, I was out with some "creative types" --- some of us writers --- and we were talking about negative criticism and how we should NOT take it personally. We all agreed that we should get a "tough skin" and just let the comments roll off our back. Blah, blah, blah. But then a writer friend spoke up: "Why do we always say this when it comes to negative stuff? What about the positive stuff? Should we not listen to that? Ignore it too?" We all agreed that the positive stuff … [Read more...]
The Book Not the Author
October 19, 2009 Read Comments
I recently read a blog post on Cynsations, An Open Love Note to Debut Authors About Hurtful Online Reviews. My published writer friends have told me that it's really useless to read bad reviews---especially those that are scathing or get personal. And above all other things, it's even more useless to reply to the bad online reviews. In the end, when all is said and done, it's usually the author who turns out looking bad. But it always amazes me how some book reviews tend to go off on a … [Read more...]
