Do You Ever Find...

…that it's sometimes easier to deal with harsh criticism than effusive praise?

When I started writing comics, I couldn't take a compliment at all. It took a long time to learn that not accepting a compliment just came off as dickish and not very nice to someone who only meant good things. To this day, if I'm reading an extremely positive review or comment, I often have to just put it away and not finish it.  Sometimes it's lovely, sometimes it's a bit squirmy, and I'm not sure what the precise triggers are, maybe it's mood.

I have friends who are worse, big names in the industry. One famous name, if there's a thread with a hundred raves for his book, and one criticism, he will fret and chew on that one post for the entire day, if not longer.

It's odd, can't quite figure it out even after all this time.