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Originally Posted by ardeegee
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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This is true, by the way, no matter how famous a writer you might be. Remember Anne Rice's Amazon meltdown? In an instant, her reputation went from "great writer" to "hysterical flako".