Time to get serious about the business of writing
Today, I want to talk about the long term consequences of supporting short term negative behavior. I was so shocked by not only the recent stalking incidents by two authors of negative reviewers, but support by some in indie publishing, of that said behavior. I am sure all of you are aware of the Kathleen […]
I am writing again on professionalism—or lack thereof—in indie publishing because yet another incident of malice and unprofessionalism has reared its ugly head. I will write about the ugliness of the handful of unprofessional indie authors I have encountered or heard about until I am blue in the fingers. Why? Because their negative behavior […]
Last week my friend Rachel Thompson posted a blog on her site www.bookpromotion.com called, Are You a Writer? Then . . . Write, where she tells us about an author friend of hers who stopped writing after an industry “professional” dished out highly critical comments that were in no way helpful or intended […]
A couple of weeks ago I discussed WiseInk’s post about indie authors having difficulty finding book reviewers. In earlier posts I explained why I disagreed with their premise that book reviewers needed to be open to reviewing indie works—my disagreement was primarily prompted by abusive treatment of reviewers by some indie authors. I wrote those […]
Often when you are standing too close, it’s tough to see things as they really are. This is especially true of authors who unfortunately open the door to both praise and harsh criticism with every new release. Today I’m going to address the issue of review trolls, those nasty little buggers who derive joy […]
As a follow up to last week’s post on targeting book reviewers, a fellow reviewer friend of mine sent me a link to an argument that she had been following in which an author viciously attacked another well-known and well respected book reviewer/author, who had given this person’s book a one-star rating. While she […]
