Good reviews, bad reviews, middle of the road - oh boy!
As a first time author, published that is, you wait with bated breath for that first review to come in with some feedback. You worry, you fret, you re-read the book yourself until the words no longer make any sense at all. Then it happens, the first one - with trepidation and half-closed eyes you brace yourself to read it and.... it's good. Sigh of relief, someone read and they loved it. 5 stars. I'm over the moon.
But it's like a junkie, now that I've had a little taste I want more. I have other books, short stories, people are buying them, why aren't they reviewing? Was it a one off, one time only shining star that you'll never see again? You worry, you fret, you bite your fingernails to the quick and then.... you get another one, this is also good. 5 stars.
But just like that junkie now I'm really hooked. I want more, more, more I say! More - you want more? But they start to come and bam.... 4 stars. That's ok, I can live with that, but then ... 3 stars, it's all right, she says breathing heavily trying to remember her yoga exercises... not everyone will love your book. But Why? I wail. Why doesn't everyone love my book and why, why, why don't more people write reviews????
I need another fix, another hit, another 5 stars... it must be out there somewhere surely? Or is, gulp, maybe I'm not that good.... another review 5 stars.... breathe again. But still I want more. I've become a glutton for reviews, even the bad ones because I'm telling myself it will make me a better writer... but what if it just makes me a bigger review junkie? Oh to rid myself of this obsessive curse. It's worse than the constant watching sales figures. Why, why, why did I ever get into this business?
Then I remember. Writing is what I love. Book, short story, poetry, blog post, flash fiction - give me a keyboard and I'm in heaven. Is it a blessing or a curse? I don't really know but I have so many words inside I have to let them out and you, poor reader, have to suffer them.... unless, of course, you don't read it?????
And the cycle starts again.
Cheers all,
Trace
But it's like a junkie, now that I've had a little taste I want more. I have other books, short stories, people are buying them, why aren't they reviewing? Was it a one off, one time only shining star that you'll never see again? You worry, you fret, you bite your fingernails to the quick and then.... you get another one, this is also good. 5 stars.
But just like that junkie now I'm really hooked. I want more, more, more I say! More - you want more? But they start to come and bam.... 4 stars. That's ok, I can live with that, but then ... 3 stars, it's all right, she says breathing heavily trying to remember her yoga exercises... not everyone will love your book. But Why? I wail. Why doesn't everyone love my book and why, why, why don't more people write reviews????
I need another fix, another hit, another 5 stars... it must be out there somewhere surely? Or is, gulp, maybe I'm not that good.... another review 5 stars.... breathe again. But still I want more. I've become a glutton for reviews, even the bad ones because I'm telling myself it will make me a better writer... but what if it just makes me a bigger review junkie? Oh to rid myself of this obsessive curse. It's worse than the constant watching sales figures. Why, why, why did I ever get into this business?
Then I remember. Writing is what I love. Book, short story, poetry, blog post, flash fiction - give me a keyboard and I'm in heaven. Is it a blessing or a curse? I don't really know but I have so many words inside I have to let them out and you, poor reader, have to suffer them.... unless, of course, you don't read it?????
And the cycle starts again.
Cheers all,
Trace
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