tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post4854966795002979130..comments2024-03-27T13:49:30.387+00:00Comments on Stella Deleuze rants and other topics: Authors, take it on the chinStellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356640334979836289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-1544586462809080232012-02-02T10:32:34.280+00:002012-02-02T10:32:34.280+00:00Hello, Alm, nice to see you stopping by :-)Hello, Alm, nice to see you stopping by :-)Stella Deleuzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18292709925143749760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-12415277760568211982012-02-01T23:03:25.887+00:002012-02-01T23:03:25.887+00:00Elle I love the way you view one and two star revi...Elle I love the way you view one and two star reviews... I will now look at low ratings as something positive... Stella loved the post and you are correct; a review is only one reader's opinion about the work.Alm Hlghhttp://www.youtube.com/user/AlMHlGHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-74674694896333644772012-01-31T11:38:47.804+00:002012-01-31T11:38:47.804+00:00Jack, you hit the nail on the head. Every book we ...Jack, you hit the nail on the head. Every book we buy is a risk. It may have us laughing, crying, sitting at the edge of our seats; it may leave us disappointed and that's only our very own feeling we're entitled to tell everyone who wants or doesn't want to know. <br><br>I don't review fellow writers' books anymore. Not on Amazon, unless the writing impresses me so much that Stella Deleuzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18292709925143749760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-69349670362267097042012-01-31T09:15:39.269+00:002012-01-31T09:15:39.269+00:00As writers, we have to have a thick skin. Not ever...As writers, we have to have a thick skin. Not everyone who picks up your book is going to like it - that's life. We all know and accept the fact. So complaining about negative reviews is a pointless exercise. Like your post's title says - Take it on the chin, and move on. <br><br>As for reviewing the work of our fellow writers, I don't necessarily aim them at the reader, or the Jack Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601041734648407356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-174406589085014522012-01-30T21:26:32.640+00:002012-01-30T21:26:32.640+00:00True. Although I will never understand why people ...True. Although I will never understand why people feel the need to finish a book they didn't like. I have friends like that. I'm rather impatient, if a book bores me, I move on to the next. And I only feel really compelled to write a review when something is absolutely pinning me down in the seat and I can't put it down. Only then will I really talk about it.<br><br>I wrote reviews inStella Deleuzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18292709925143749760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-1729976639304990982012-01-30T21:18:11.475+00:002012-01-30T21:18:11.475+00:00I couldn't agree more. As a writer, it's r...I couldn't agree more. As a writer, it's really nice to get nice reviews. But those reviews aren't for me. Those reviews are for other readers who are looking for something to read. They want to know what other readers like them thought of the book, not what the author and her friends think of it.<br><br>To me, getting one and two star reviews is still a good sign. It means that I Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490129912962579206noreply@blogger.com