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The saying that ‘haters will always hate’ makes it sound better than the real situation. There are people out there who will take pleasure in being malicious and hurting strangers.
I had a book published a few years ago and I was over the moon. Proper advance, real publisher with a good track record. The book came out, well reviewed in different places. Lots of 5* reviews on Amazon. Then one character turned up and tore me apart for no reason. I didn't know them yet they went to great trouble to basically say my book was unfunny, terribly done, and deserved to fail. I don’t think I've ever read such a vicious book review.
That’s when I realised I don’t really care what people think. Well, I do care but I care about the sane, rational people out there say. Even then, I know that tastes vary wildly but mainly I don’t care what the crazies think or say.
Besides, I write for myself. Published or unpublished, successful or not, I do this because I’m a writer. Nothing else really matters.
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