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Old 08-05-2010, 12:32 PM   #23
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No, no, don't discourage him!

This would be a good time to take a step back and work on some things. Take an anger management class. Engage the services of a professional editor. Lurk around MobileRead and get a feel for the community. Then you can promote your newly-edited and perfected book and get sales instead of snark. Everyone wins.
Yes, if Karl were to look around, he would find many people promoting their books here, and very very few of them being reamed out for doing so. Most of them are treated politely, even if it is pretty apparent that it is bad writing. It is only when the writer goes out of his way to be a dick that people take the time to dissect the "writing."

A tip to writers-- using a public forum for name-calling people commenting on your writing-- even when they are negative comments-- does far more damage to your image as a writer to be taken seriously than the original comments could possibly do. It makes you look like some amateur. If you have to reply to a point, be polite-- even if the commenter isn't.

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I think you're the first, at least in my experience, who stuck around to insult the people you're hoping will buy your book.
You missed this classic thread, baby!!!!!!!!

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