A asked Elizabeth Schechter:

I wanted to give nod to you and how you handled that author yesterday with his comments. There needs to be more people in the world like you. Now for my question because that's what this is. How do you handle negative comments to your work? Thank you and now I'm going to read some of your stuff! =)

Elizabeth Schechter How I handle negative reviews? I learn from them. I know not everyone will like everything, and I accept that -- not everyone likes Hawaiian pizza, but I love the stuff. Same with writing. I know my writing won't appeal to everyone. Nine times out of ten, the ones who read and review and say "You know, this didn't work for me" are right, and it's something that I need to fix in later work.

That tenth time? Well, you can't please everyone!

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