mr tom
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This forum... or one of the increasingly Stepford Facebook groups?
Well to be honest I originally meant this one, but I suppose the other groups too.
This forum... or one of the increasingly Stepford Facebook groups?
If you don't like to read the bad reviews, and the harshest critics, it's foolish to instead turn to the good reviews and adulation. One doesn't cancel out the other: both can be valid points of view.If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
I believe Debbie Flints "novel" is on a special promotion this week, buy one get as many you can carry free.
Just adding well how else are they ever going to shift them.
I'm glad I'm not a friend of any writer of dubious quality. It's not as easy as some seem to think to write well. I dare say that there are those among the early (beta) readers who have to choose between lying through their teeth or seeing decades-long friendships in tatters when asked to read someone's literary efforts. The only time anyone asked me, I made my excuses (polite refusal). Going on a writing course doesn't make you a writer. Following the advice of mentors or course tutors doesn't make you a writer. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction, you have to engage your reader, and each page has to leave them sufficiently interested and/or invested to turn another page. I read a lot, and a lot of it is epublishing... and a lot of the epublishing is frankly dire quality. But when you find someone who grabs you by the heart and mind and drags you into the world they have created - wow!
I've read some of Debbie's writing, and she's by no means the worst I've read, but her characters are not engaging or relevant to me, nor are her plots to my taste. Good for her for going out and getting things going. She's clearly put a lot of effort and energy into it, and been extremely persistent.
With the books, as with the tv presence, though... once you put something out there in the public domain, you have to be prepared for the critics as well as the fans. She should take a little leaf out of Rudyard Kipling's If :
If you don't like to read the bad reviews, and the harshest critics, it's foolish to instead turn to the good reviews and adulation. One doesn't cancel out the other: both can be valid points of view.
And under this review Debbie was rude to the reviewer and then deleted her two rude messages.1.0 out of 5 stars
Stick to Q.V.C
Nothing more than a checklist for items sold on Q.V.C......amateurish plot predictable lead characters a complete waste of time.Save your money
Someone has just put a slightly scathing review up there now! I wonder how she will react!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer.../ref=cm_cr_pr_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1781892679
may, I went on a one-day introductory creative writing course once, to keep a friend company not because I have any writing talents myself, I hasten to add! It was good, but one of things the lecturer said was never, ever, ask a family member or friend to read your manuscript...unless you want a family feud or the end of a friendship! You probably made the right decision, therefore. She was firmly of the view that you will never get an unbiased opinion from family or friends. You are right about people who just want sycophants telling them they are wonderful all the time - I find it really sad, because another thing our lecturer stressed was the ability to cope with criticism ("all part and parcel of being a writer - get used to it" were her words, or something very similar).
When I clicked on Julius' link it said that the server could not be found, so I went to kobobooks.com to have a look. There are no reviews showing for the book, so I've either broken the internet :thinking: or they've been removed? Or am I looking at the wrong thing?
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/take-a-chance-on-me-choc-lit
When I clicked on Julius' link it said that the server could not be found, so I went to kobobooks.com to have a look. There are no reviews showing for the book, so I've either broken the internet :thinking: or they've been removed? Or am I looking at the wrong thing?
Try this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer.../ref=cm_cr_pr_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1781892679