I'm taking a break today from all the blasts, interviews, tours, & giveaways for a little personal tidbit. It's time to:
No, I'm not sneezing. I'm gunna toot my own horn real quick-like.
Make Believe, I’m proud to say, is earning some
great reviews. Of course, as a whole this antho rocks.
*Cease tooting cuz it's hurting my own ears*
On an individual story
level? Not always a 5 star. My story, Sacrificial Oath, has received a few 3
star reviews of its own. Reviewers have their reasons—and I’m alright with
that.
You can’t WOW! every reader every time.
What might resonate within one reader will annoy
another. While one ‘gets’ my character and her reasons for doing what she does,
another wrinkles their nose.
No biggie. Grain of salt, right?
Alesuela told me her story. Told me who she was,
what drives her. (Yes I’m one of those strange writers who hear their character’s
voices in their head.) I put that onto paper & tweak as needed to fit the
plot and my characters.
So why does negative feedback hurt? Because the
stories we write pour forth from the deepest parts of us. We put all our
longing - all our emotion and effort - into the written words. When someone rejects
them, in a way we feel as though WE are being rejected.
But hey … if that rejection is from cyber space
& cyber peeps who don’t even know us on a personal level? Dust off those
shoulders says I.
Write another story. Hopefully they at least liked
something about our voice or story telling that they’ll give us another go.
If not?
Their loss.
;)
How do you deal with negative feedback? Shut down? Try harder the next time?
