David Torres
asked
Christina Bauer:
how do you deal with a bad review? Don't lie and tell me you don't care. Every author cares. ;P
Christina Bauer
Ha! Good question. I go through the five stages of grief, per Elizabeth Kubler Ross.
1. Anger - What the Hell? I didn't kick your dialysis machine out of the wall, I wrote a book! Yow!
2. Denial - This person doesn't know anything. This review is junk!
3. Bargaining - OK, maybe they had like a point. Or two. Sometimes they really did just forget to take their meds, though. I ask folks I trust. Do you think I should change XYZ going forward?
4. Depression - OMFG, I SUUUUUUUUCK! This needs to change. I am the worst writer in the history of ever! Obsessively read good reviews to feel better.
5. Acceptance. Fuck it. I can change that next time. This is immediately followed by the feeling of, hey, that wasn't such a big deal after all!
Hope that helps!
CB
1. Anger - What the Hell? I didn't kick your dialysis machine out of the wall, I wrote a book! Yow!
2. Denial - This person doesn't know anything. This review is junk!
3. Bargaining - OK, maybe they had like a point. Or two. Sometimes they really did just forget to take their meds, though. I ask folks I trust. Do you think I should change XYZ going forward?
4. Depression - OMFG, I SUUUUUUUUCK! This needs to change. I am the worst writer in the history of ever! Obsessively read good reviews to feel better.
5. Acceptance. Fuck it. I can change that next time. This is immediately followed by the feeling of, hey, that wasn't such a big deal after all!
Hope that helps!
CB
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