Every book in the world gets a bad review from someone. Taking it personally is a good way to make yourself insane. STEP AWAY.
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Sep 25, 2011 7:08:22 pm PDT #28284 of 30001
Because books.
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
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Random Statement:
I am not pregnant. Were I pregnant and having a girl, however, I would already have ordered this onesie:
Scrappy - Sep 25, 2011 7:44:05 pm PDT #28293 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Allyson, when I was teaching and we had evaluations at the end of the class, my DH used to dread it. I would ignore 20 glowing reviews and fixate on the one guy who didn't like me or the class or whatever. So, I can tell you not to sweat it, but I don't actually know how to tell you HOW, since I don't know myself.