Matters of Taste

Following up in the reviewish theme, I thought I might make a little point that will aid many writers in navigating the dangerous waters of throwing your work out there for everyone to see.  I've mentioned before (with absoludicrous examples) that it's always a bad idea for a author (at whatever level) to engage in critiquing reviews of their own work. Of course, the pragmatic reason is because it makes you look like a whack job gone off their meds, or, at the very least, a petty asshole—...