…Authors… just a wee WURD about getting negative reviews…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
���if yeez are like me, fellow Lads and Lassies of Blog Land, yeez���ll remember well the first ever ���bad��� review for any of yer masterpieces��� the pink cloud of having finished the first novel was still my principal means of transportation when the thunderbolt struck��� a flurry of ���nice��� supportive reviews had already landed on the Great God Amazon pages��� there I was, this ��ol��� Jurassic, now a Proper Published Scribbler, getting real reviews from real people��� the universe was beautifully smudgy round the edges, like when the dentist gives you a tad too much of the laughing gas��� then in came the party-spoiler with a stab to the literary heart��� ouch!���and ouch! again��� a thousand times ouch!���
���the initial reaction of course, is hurt��� followed by a modicum of resentment��� oh. alright, a ton of resentment, bordering on outright hatred��� but, sensibility settled in��� the guy had���
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