tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337494610769031999.post3126754272926132753..comments2023-06-14T05:28:19.018-06:00Comments on ~ Sisters of the Quill ~: Treading WaterSisters of the Quillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07067700948949637412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337494610769031999.post-49072820295844300492009-12-10T22:52:41.856-07:002009-12-10T22:52:41.856-07:00When you write on a controversial topic, you are h...When you write on a controversial topic, you are hitting the right note if you get five stars and 1 stars. If you flail around in the 2-4 range...well, you aren't stinging enough people or igniting the others. Clearly you do it right! <br />Write on! May words fall into your lap. Signed, The InkpotSisters of the Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067700948949637412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337494610769031999.post-17559068948712879142009-12-10T19:54:36.372-07:002009-12-10T19:54:36.372-07:00Hi Phelps,
What I love is that you have the courag...Hi Phelps,<br />What I love is that you have the courage to keep putting your writing out there. When I get rejections I can often be heard muttering to myself, "You can't win if you don't play."Shannon Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540336783142324746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337494610769031999.post-89894639706248784882009-12-09T13:53:16.029-07:002009-12-09T13:53:16.029-07:00I love a good critique. And rejection? I've go...I love a good critique. And rejection? I've got more R-Letters than I can count (thus, with them and the encouragement of "The Long Tail," my move to self-publishing those projects that get rejected). I just keep plugging along. But what I have trouble stomaching is the really nasty, insulting reviews. They don't make me want to quit, they make me want to quit reading reviews.<br /><br />Until I heard an interesting fact about the late Irving Kristol, the progenetor of Neoconservatism. (Though I have no love for his politics) he had a philosophy regarding opposition. "However they label you, take it and make it your own," was his approach. He did this with the term "neoconservative," which was a perjorative term tacked onto him by a critic. I find it helps with the angry reader.<br /><br />When I get a one star review (out of five), I take it at face value and say, "Look, so-and-so hated this so much he wrote a scathing, personally hateful review. Sorry I couldn't please everybody. Thanks for buying it, though." <br /><br />'Owning it' has worked for me, and is a salve for the burnt ego. Though it doesn't take the initial sting out of the insult.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804531739819469695noreply@blogger.com