tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post2265904529791604415..comments2023-08-12T02:33:29.988-05:00Comments on 2 B Read: Fessing up, part 2Sylvia Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489243230694413409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-52875845805971885182007-05-23T17:22:00.000-05:002007-05-23T17:22:00.000-05:00Yep, this is the way to go. Actually, I have frien...Yep, this is the way to go. Actually, I have friends who read reviews send me positive ones, and you know, the longer you don't read them the easier it gets to forget about them altogether. Seriously. I only send out one or two books at most any more for reviews, and I'm wondering about doing even that. Really, if someone wants to review my book, I think they should either buy it or get it from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-2045776061551866222007-05-23T10:54:00.000-05:002007-05-23T10:54:00.000-05:00LOL, Laura. What is amazing is that I've kept to ...LOL, Laura. What is amazing is that I've kept to my resolve for almost two months now. I don't deserve a big gold star, though--I subscribed to Publishers Marketplace. I track my books, so I get to see the Amazon and the BN.com numbers. But I track some other books, too, so it feels a little more like a science project and less like paranoia. Maybe.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, JoAnn--just following Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-67974431895002302362007-05-23T10:41:00.000-05:002007-05-23T10:41:00.000-05:00Yay, Sally! Also, you know, you'll still see the...Yay, Sally! Also, you know, you'll still see the good reviews because reviewers themselves tend to send them to you. As do agents and editors (especially if you tell them you don't read reviews.) And friends. <BR/><BR/>What I found the hardest thing about negative reviews was when someone was obviously reading too fast, and totally missed something, or posted something wrong about the plot, JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351137721112499077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-49632319343343137892007-05-23T10:28:00.000-05:002007-05-23T10:28:00.000-05:00(applauding wildly)Good for you, Sally!(applauding wildly)<BR/><BR/>Good for you, Sally!Laura Drewryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641569502915793736noreply@blogger.com