Tag: bad reviews
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Learn From Those Negative Reviews
I’ve had a couple less than stellar book reviews lately, so I wrote them back nasty responses and told them how awesome my books are! No, I didn’t. Haha. Actually, I’m not really bothered with negative reviews. No, I don’t go searching for them, but I get it. Heck, it’s tough to get a good…
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Don’t Write a Review Based on the Sample!
I thought this was standard practice, but it looks like it needs to be said. I was reading a review of a book on-line and one reviewer’s comments jumped out at me. In essence the comment read, “I downloaded the sample, and it’s all about the author saying such and such and blah, blah, and…
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Exquisite Multi-Layered Story vs. Poorly Executed Story – Hmmmm.
I am completely fascinated by book reviews, actually much more so than books themselves. I find it enlightening and interesting to see what someone has said about a particular book. I must admit that there are times I hop over to Amazon just for that reason. I’ll pick an author, possibly known but usually unknown…
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Writers, we control so little
I had to laugh. I got my first one-star review the other day. It’s not really funny, though it kind of is. I’ll explain in a minute. I’ve been writing for a number of years, but I have only recently – how shall I put it? – ‘gotten into the game.’ What game? The game…
