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Atropa - Sep 25, 2011 7:07:11 pm PDT #28283 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I just got a bad review on Amazon and am taking it personally.

STOP THAT. Thing One: your book is awesome. Thing Two: NEVER READ THE REVIEWS OF YOUR WORK ON AMAZON. That's like looking at the Amazon sales ranking. Express ticket to depressed crazytown.

Amy - Sep 25, 2011 7:08:22 pm PDT #28284 of 30001
Because books.

Every book in the world gets a bad review from someone. Taking it personally is a good way to make yourself insane. STEP AWAY.

DavidS - Sep 25, 2011 7:08:42 pm PDT #28285 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I just got a bad review on Amazon and am taking it personally.

Heh, I got a bad review in the press that called my Tom Waits book the absolute worst in the entire 33 1/3 series.

My publisher wanted to put that review on the back of the second edition.

Allyson - Sep 25, 2011 7:15:16 pm PDT #28286 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

C'mon. You guys don't read your reviews?

I know. I get butthurt. It's a character flaw.

Atropa - Sep 25, 2011 7:17:23 pm PDT #28287 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

C'mon. You guys don't read your reviews?

Nope. Pete reads them, and tells me if there's an interesting thing I should see, but I don't read them. I can be a ridiculously oversensitive snowflake, and I know it.

Amy - Sep 25, 2011 7:18:19 pm PDT #28288 of 30001
Because books.

I read reviews. I pay more attention when they're adults with some grasp of their field. When it's random 13-year-olds or asshole fucktards who like to take out their aggression on the internets, no. Also, my books are not *me*.

aurelia - Sep 25, 2011 7:23:18 pm PDT #28289 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I worked on a show that was called "a travesty of a mockery of a sham" in the Sun-Times.

Allyson - Sep 25, 2011 7:28:28 pm PDT #28290 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Tim says "the work is not you. Unless they say something nice and then it's totally you."

I'm a masochist.

Amy - Sep 25, 2011 7:35:38 pm PDT #28291 of 30001
Because books.

Tim's right. And you don't have to be a masochist, you know.

Pix - Sep 25, 2011 7:36:13 pm PDT #28292 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

Random Statement:

I am not pregnant. Were I pregnant and having a girl, however, I would already have ordered this onesie:

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