[E.M.DuBois]

People keep patting me on the back for being able to take advice, and that's making me feel weird. As a writer- Hell, just as a human being- it's expected that one should be able to take criticism. I literally asked for it. I'd be a douche if I just flipped people the bird for giving me what I asked for. Does some of it hurt? Like a fork to the thigh. Do I see a bunch of stuff that I can use to make myself a better self-editor? Definitely. Like Lemurion's mention of Beta readers. I'm sure if I free stuff to people who participate in that, like releasing to them free copies of my original cover-designs or something, I could get some decent people to read it and give me their initial impressions.

Then again, part of being able to take harsh criticism might be because I've been trained for face my own mortality, disregard it, and charge on, so if the worst thing to happen to me all day is someone telling me I set my price too high, it's really no big deal compared to what I've had to do in the past. One thing that sucks about being an Infantryman: the rest of your life you can't complain about anything, because you've been in worse situations.