I love your spirit in this, and your willingness to learn from reader feedback. Recently I reviewed a self-pubbed book (after being solicited by the author to do so), and had real problems getting through the first part, but partway in, the tone changed, and I loved it from that point out. Gave it four stars and a recommend, but I was honest in my review about how much trouble I had with the first part. Author was offended and actually wrote an entire blog post about how mean and horrible I was to her, then tagged me on it on FaceBook. Which I found kind of sad and kind of amusing and wholly unprofessional.

Thanks so much for the encouragement! While I have a long way to go, I have definitely matured as a writer. And thank you again for the sweet words. They really mean a lot!

Thanks for the post!

Please do send them my way if you think will help. That was my goal with swallowing my pride and sharing those reviews, lol. You’re very welcome. Thanks for commenting.

Thank you so much. I remember your review, and I really appreciate it. For me, the only way to deal with bad reviews is spin them in a positive way and try to make my writing better. Otherwise they can eat a person up. Thanks again!

Yes, that does happen. I’ve been lucky with it, but have heard of happening many times. Those are the reviews you just have to set aside and more on from. Thanks for commenting!

Rejections are really tough, but they are part of the game. Believe me, I question myself on an almost daily basis, lol. I’m so glad you’re going to continue. You might consider seeing if it fits any anthologies/short story collections and try subbing there. Good luck!

Thanks so much! Yes, you can spot the unhelpful ones pretty easily once you learn to take the emotion out of it. Congrats on the NYTBS list, by the way!