tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392423252885054374.post6510507295203201860..comments2023-07-29T02:57:04.218-07:00Comments on TW Brown on zombies, Border Collies, and the Indie writing scene...: Don't ask for what you don't want!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18208090229756379880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392423252885054374.post-62172912654043999672012-09-01T10:58:00.435-07:002012-09-01T10:58:00.435-07:00Fact is, I feel this article will be appreciated o...Fact is, I feel this article will be appreciated only by people already behaving in a correct way toward negative reviews. Those ranting and rallying on their pages will simply ignore it.<br />Recently, I stumbled by pure chance in a group reviewing one of my novelettes. I thanked the readers for posting their ideas at Amazon or other places, but soon thereafter I felt guilty. Involuntarily, I was intimidating the reviewers, so I left one last message in the group's wall, excusing myself and leaving them alone.<br />I think that was correct.<br />However, that was a minor break in etiquette compared to what I constantly see on FB pages or Goodreads.Jeffrey Koshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469073472139176914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392423252885054374.post-26763036049232989192012-09-01T10:30:18.326-07:002012-09-01T10:30:18.326-07:00full on agree with Kat... and Stacy can I have lin...full on agree with Kat... and Stacy can I have links please... those sound intriguing books!!<br />as for your blog Todd.... 10* as per usual... fluffyredfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681362812751111123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392423252885054374.post-22987210234371905522012-09-01T07:35:47.479-07:002012-09-01T07:35:47.479-07:00Yeah! Puppies and flowers are awesome!
One thing ...Yeah! Puppies and flowers are awesome!<br /><br />One thing I would like to add from a review perspective - writing 'negative' reviews is really hard. No one purposefully buys books just to rip them to shreds, and I certainly don't want to make someone feel bad about their hard work.<br /><br />I'll be back to enter the competition! Oh you could give me a really gruesome death LOLKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312515005865122767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392423252885054374.post-22228237021762448082012-09-01T07:31:27.552-07:002012-09-01T07:31:27.552-07:00Very well said, Todd. I'm so sick of folks whi...Very well said, Todd. I'm so sick of folks whining about bad reviews. When I give a reviewer a book, I stress that we want the review, bad or good, so long as it's honest. I don't want reviewers to feel beholden, simply because they got a free copy. And if it is bad, we try to do better next time. We had a bad review on the Demonic Dolls anthology and I sent the same reviewer a copy of the Toy Soldiers antho, with a note that said, "Seventeen more chances to impress you." We received a much better review, partially because I'd taken to heart what the reviewer pointed out as flaws. When Terrifying Teddies comes out, I'm hoping for a four star from him. <br /><br />Writing, editing, marketing, the whole Indie/Small Press scene should be about constantly learning and improving, not resting on some shoddy ass laurels.<br /><br />Thanks for all of these recent posts. They should open up some helpful dialogues.<br /><br />Stacey<br />Angelic Knight PressSpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761441168024967277noreply@blogger.com