tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post1944119239838652670..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR WRITER FRIENDSLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-56713575660772154832012-03-10T12:20:04.401-05:002012-03-10T12:20:04.401-05:00Linda, sending you cyber-margaritas, cyber-chocola...Linda, sending you cyber-margaritas, cyber-chocolate, and cyber hugs!<br /><br />Sheila, I've found those 1 star reviews on Amazon are usually from people with an agenda. Half the time it's obvious they haven't even read the book, based on the comments made.Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-11459609373523851052012-03-09T18:27:21.146-05:002012-03-09T18:27:21.146-05:00I'm late to the party, but great post, Lois, a...I'm late to the party, but great post, Lois, and wonderful responses. Just knowing that we ALL go through this softens the blows. And I agree with Robin - the only crummy amazon reviews I bother to remember was re. one of my award-winning books about cats, and gist was "I want a cat and before I can have one I have to read this stupid book." One star. Wrecked my "gpa." I figure it was a kid whose mom said s/he had to read the book first. Meow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535695542961577318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-72310726323273246062012-03-08T23:35:57.291-05:002012-03-08T23:35:57.291-05:00Your comments are so apropos today. Just got a re...Your comments are so apropos today. Just got a rejection from an editor on a standalone that called my book a very very close near miss. Oh well! On to the next.Linda Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000205452994198448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-31540628912819332642012-03-08T22:09:04.259-05:002012-03-08T22:09:04.259-05:00Thanks, Vicki!Thanks, Vicki!Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-89747228679979667552012-03-08T20:57:24.016-05:002012-03-08T20:57:24.016-05:00Nice post, Lois! And a very happy Thankful Thursda...Nice post, Lois! And a very happy Thankful Thursday.Vicki Douderahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12683468231378487388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-89352156632877247972012-03-08T17:28:52.553-05:002012-03-08T17:28:52.553-05:00That's a great idea, Susan!That's a great idea, Susan!Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-50431073703729824672012-03-08T17:28:14.726-05:002012-03-08T17:28:14.726-05:00Where would any of us be without our writing frien...Where would any of us be without our writing friends? I'm proud to count you among them, Lois. Rejections are the medicine that ultimately makes us/our writing stronger, though they can also be a capricious bunch of rot :)jenny milchmanhttp://suspenseyourdisbelief.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-31668484751997248802012-03-08T16:11:18.796-05:002012-03-08T16:11:18.796-05:00I have my husband read the reviews and if they'...I have my husband read the reviews and if they're good I print them out and put them up on my office wall. And if they're bad--I don't know. He doesn't tell me.Susan Breenhttp://www.susanjbreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-73390095261646191542012-03-08T14:15:23.082-05:002012-03-08T14:15:23.082-05:00Good luck with your upcoming release, Jeff!Good luck with your upcoming release, Jeff!Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-74087927135027124322012-03-08T14:13:09.070-05:002012-03-08T14:13:09.070-05:00It's been many,many years since my two co-auth...It's been many,many years since my two co-authored non-fiction books were published, but I still remember the excitement of the great reviews ...and the disappointment of the few tepid ones.<br /><br />Since my 7th novel ms. -- first to be published -- is soon to be released, I suppose I will be on pins and needles again fairly soon.<br /><br />"Only another writer can understand the emotional roller coaster of being a writer."<br />Very true. Very true.jeff7salterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530506418169450704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-3302202635565931582012-03-08T13:11:59.132-05:002012-03-08T13:11:59.132-05:00Always, Caridad!
Thanks, Kathleen!
Rick, wish I ...Always, Caridad!<br /><br />Thanks, Kathleen!<br /><br />Rick, wish I could drink diet soda. Can't tolerate the after-taste. And my muffin top is proof of that! I could never give up chocolate for Lent. Brussels sprouts, definitely.<br /><br />Thanks for the salute, Jeff! Raise a virtual glass.Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-39281887994501372142012-03-08T12:11:50.722-05:002012-03-08T12:11:50.722-05:00I'm on the job, so no drinking for me. Instead...I'm on the job, so no drinking for me. Instead I offer up a salute. I'm allowed, 8 years in the service. I did my time. <br /><br />To a Thankful Thursday.jbarbierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300844029695965283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-12432368557563642712012-03-08T11:20:24.802-05:002012-03-08T11:20:24.802-05:00I'll clink glasses with you, but mine has diet...I'll clink glasses with you, but mine has diet coke in it. I'd join you with the chocolate, but I gave it up for lent. What an idiot! I should have given up sex...guess why? Anyway, yup, yup, and yup. I click like a crazed squirrel on Amazon, allow myself ten minutes to go ape**** crazy on a bad review, and no one knows the troubles I've seen as a writer other than another writer. <i>"There, there. You can just write another book."</i> Unfocused wisdom if ever there was some.Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-49102970604664157352012-03-08T11:15:06.770-05:002012-03-08T11:15:06.770-05:00Here's to writer friends and Thankful Thursday...Here's to writer friends and Thankful Thursday! Lovely post, Lois.Kathleen Ernsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009876100214388898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-89058953044011870202012-03-08T10:25:59.193-05:002012-03-08T10:25:59.193-05:00And I'm eternally grateful for friends like yo...And I'm eternally grateful for friends like you who pull me back from the brink when things don't go the way that they should. Thank you for being my friend.Caridad Pineirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566003222826223859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-83001507975598718082012-03-08T10:11:32.787-05:002012-03-08T10:11:32.787-05:00Donnell, I think some of us suffer from an addicti...Donnell, I think some of us suffer from an addiction that compels us to check certain sites more times than we should. I've tried going cold turkey, but it doesn't last long.<br /><br />Peg, I'm happy to extend Thankful Thursday into Friday.<br /><br />Beth, you're a testament to perseverance! Good for you for not giving up. And look where you are now because of it.<br /><br />Shannon, my husband is very supportive, too, but as supportive as he is, he still doesn't really get it the way other writers do.Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-76177675220886178582012-03-08T10:00:12.763-05:002012-03-08T10:00:12.763-05:00This is a crazy business, for sure. My supportive ...This is a crazy business, for sure. My supportive guy often wonders aloud why we open ourselves up for such huge rejection. I can't answer him but I, too, am thankful for my writer buddies who "get it." Thanks, Lois.Shannon Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540336783142324746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-48070563618618512532012-03-08T09:57:24.063-05:002012-03-08T09:57:24.063-05:00What a lovely post, Lois! Yes, as someone who was ...What a lovely post, Lois! Yes, as someone who was rejected by 89 agents before the 90th one signed me on and almost immediately sold my first manuscript, I tell my prepublished writer friends to keep on querying a manuscript at least 100 times before moving on to another one as long as they're getting some positive feedback.<br /><br />As for reader reviews, by the time you've been rejected by as many agents and editors as I have (my 9 published short stories were rejected an average of 20 times each before they were accepted), you can shrug off lousy reader reviews.Beth Groundwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-44268390439088693282012-03-08T09:35:59.684-05:002012-03-08T09:35:59.684-05:00Here's to Thankful Thursday. And Friday.Here's to Thankful Thursday. And Friday.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-4259084713195465112012-03-08T09:22:22.456-05:002012-03-08T09:22:22.456-05:00Thankful Thursday to you, too, Lois and to all the...Thankful Thursday to you, too, Lois and to all the authors out there who appreciate what we're going through. Perhaps we need to find a way to lock our computers for several hours of a day so we can't check. ;) Great blog.Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-15061630640339745872012-03-08T08:24:10.172-05:002012-03-08T08:24:10.172-05:00Crystal, should we file this under Great Minds Thi...Crystal, should we file this under Great Minds Think Alike?<br /><br />Robin, there are some people who can be very objective in their reviews without being a fan of a particular genre. What bothers me is when someone comes to a genre with pre-conceived notions and an axe to grind. You see this a lot when reporters write about romance and refer to them as "bodice rippers." Dig a little, and you usually find that the reporter has never even bothered to read a romance. I have no problem with people having strong opinions; I just want them based on actual reading experience, not hearsay and stereotypes.<br /><br />Deborah, I do try to "F"orget them.Lois Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866423986250423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-8899951919540125552012-03-08T08:03:27.792-05:002012-03-08T08:03:27.792-05:00Very kind and thoughtful post, Lois. Like you, I a...Very kind and thoughtful post, Lois. Like you, I always look at my reviews. Funny how 10 people can say something nice, and the negative one is what sticks in your head. Ah, well... there's always something to learn from a well-written, well thought out take on your work. As for the purely nasty? F them... that's ''forget'' them.Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-42955031330661031012012-03-08T07:53:58.463-05:002012-03-08T07:53:58.463-05:00I think anyone who rates or reviews a book should ...I think anyone who rates or reviews a book should be required to offer their credentials--age, gender, favorite genre, why they picked up the book in the first place. Someone who usually reads historical nonfiction or sexed-up thrillers really has no business reviewing an amateur sleuth mystery and vice versa.Robin Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373722202559066388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-64276118838557185782012-03-08T05:36:53.422-05:002012-03-08T05:36:53.422-05:00I've written about something similar on my blo...I've written about something similar on my blog today - I do think a review should be looked at favourably, unless of course it's nasty or rude. Every writer should understand that editors/reviewers won't always appreciate their work, but it is an individual choice.<br /><br />CJ xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com