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Originally Posted by ATDrake
I freely admit I gauge visible author behaviour using a milli-HarlanEllison scale of "you must be at least this talented to get away with certain stuff" and while I may occasionally be willing to read works by authors behaving badly, I am considerably less willing to pay actual money out of my own pocket to do so, and considerably less likely to recommend them as a worthwhile read to others (unless the talent really has sufficient milli-HarlanEllisons to justify).
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Totally agree with the above. An author who behaves like an a$$hole is far less likely to get my hard-earned dime.
Everybody hates being criticized and yet everybody should be, since there ain't none of us who be ferpect. Accept that, accept valid criticism with good grace, and ignore the trolls. And I'm not just talking about writing.