tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393110630559094202.post7883901021936955198..comments2023-11-05T02:16:51.793-08:00Comments on Trouble the Write Way: Should Authors Read Their Reviews?Lisa Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219493276238634460noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393110630559094202.post-54332472057352097322019-11-25T06:47:09.220-08:002019-11-25T06:47:09.220-08:00Awesome article, it was exceptionally helpful! I s...Awesome article, it was exceptionally helpful! I simply began in this and I'm becoming more acquainted with it better! Cheers, keep doing awesome! <a href="https://topseowork.com/service/buy-facebook-reviews/" rel="nofollow">Buy Facebook Reviews</a><br />Philip Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475452636071932788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393110630559094202.post-29509974920889637272014-12-08T07:34:33.843-08:002014-12-08T07:34:33.843-08:00Thanks so much for this thorough reply! You bring ...Thanks so much for this thorough reply! You bring up a lot of good points. I have heard about the Hale case and definitely disagree with her tactics. The bigger issue, of course, is that she was basically stalking the reviewer, which is horrible. But, she also wasted all that time and energy when she could have been writing more. Certainly, that's of less importance, but it still struck me when I read the original article. I thought, why don't you just take a deep breath and do something fun, like writing more! <br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for weighing in! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400252010894169964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393110630559094202.post-60391934117370297172014-12-05T13:39:30.236-08:002014-12-05T13:39:30.236-08:00I think you should definitely keep an eye on them....I think you should definitely keep an eye on them. Jo Bourne author of the Spymaster series and several other historical authors have been hit recently with a rash of one and two star reviews on GoodReads. The posters do just enough high ratings to keep them from under the radar then flood the reviews with low ones. If she hadn't been paying attention, she wouldn't have noticed the patterns, checked other authors and noticed the same names and patterns and been able to petition GoodReads to take care of it. Eventually she had to get her publisher involved before they would crack down.<br /><br />That shut them down for a few weeks and then they started again. Jo recognized the pattern, contacted GoodReads and they had them down the next day.<br /><br />One thing I would advise is not negatively interacting with bad reviewers. There's a story making the rounds now about an author who stalked a bad reviewer. Found her home address and confronted her at her house, called her at work etc. Yes, the reviewer was being a butt, but that does not make the author look good at all.<br /><br />Diana Gabaldon is a master at interacting with her reviewers fans even though she's pretty strict about fanfic. She doesn't allow it at all.<br /><br />One self-published author asked once for advice on a scene she was working on concerning horses. Since I've raised horses for years, I answered the call. Basically the heroine escapes naked from Dastardly Dan, dashes through the chilly rain runs into a stall where a raging black stallion resides, but he recognizes virtuous virgin needs a ride and lets her hop on him bareback and make their galloping escape across the cobblestone streets.<br /><br />I commented a raging black stallion no one had been able to tame probably wouldn't care about beautiful, naked, damsel in distress and would most likely fall down on the wet streets if he was galloping. <br /><br />Said author raised holy cain with me and told me she was an Olympic rider so don't tell her what horses will do. I checked, she wasn't, unless she was a vampire and competed in the ancient Olympics. She then posted crap about me on her blog for months sending people to my blog to harass me. You know, hitting that delete button on those posts is mildly annoying, but not really. I didn't even read them so all the time they spent typing was just wasted.<br /><br /> She did the same kind of stuff to anyone who left negative reviews about her. It was about that time I stopped leaving reviews for anyone good or bad, though to be honest I have only left three bad reviews in my life. Usually I just don't comment.<br /><br />Read the reviews if you can handle them. The good ones will make you soar. Don't let the bad ones get your down. Zach Recht, a friend of mine published his Plague of the Dead book and got great reviews. Outstanding reviews. The one he focused on was a guy that shredded him for getting a location wrong in the book. It drove Zach nuts.<br /><br />You have to be able to shelve the negative ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com