Like Pixelfish, I'm kind of wondering if it's actually Anne Rice or someone using her name, which is entirely possible on the internet.
On the other hand, I knew a multi-published midlist fantasy author who banned a long-time regular member from her writer's boards for supposedly writing a negative review of said author's books on Amazon.com and then lying about it. (Said now-ex members claims she never read the book, but the author held she was lying even after receiving an email apology from the real author of the review.)
Considering that the "bad review" basically consisted of the reader saying that the book wasn't deserving of the awe and worship that it got by previous reviewers, who were nearly all members of this same site, I really didn't think the review was that harsh. (Kinda agreed with it myself, actually. The book sucked, imo.)
So ... I honestly don't know. If Anne Rice really did write this, than it's immature in the extreme and, as someone else said, breaks all rules of writer etiquette. (Might make a couple new on its own, too. LOL.)
If you're going to publish something, it seems to me that you have to deal with the possible eventuality that people might not like it. People have different tastes, but if the majority of people are bitching about the way you've written a book, maybe that ought be a sign to you? "Hey, people don't like this. Maybe there's something valid here? *toddles off to take closer look*"
At least, that's the reaction I would have. But maybe I'm just odd. *shrugs*
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Date: 2004-09-22 04:30 am (UTC)On the other hand, I knew a multi-published midlist fantasy author who banned a long-time regular member from her writer's boards for supposedly writing a negative review of said author's books on Amazon.com and then lying about it. (Said now-ex members claims she never read the book, but the author held she was lying even after receiving an email apology from the real author of the review.)
Considering that the "bad review" basically consisted of the reader saying that the book wasn't deserving of the awe and worship that it got by previous reviewers, who were nearly all members of this same site, I really didn't think the review was that harsh. (Kinda agreed with it myself, actually. The book sucked, imo.)
So ... I honestly don't know. If Anne Rice really did write this, than it's immature in the extreme and, as someone else said, breaks all rules of writer etiquette. (Might make a couple new on its own, too. LOL.)
If you're going to publish something, it seems to me that you have to deal with the possible eventuality that people might not like it. People have different tastes, but if the majority of people are bitching about the way you've written a book, maybe that ought be a sign to you? "Hey, people don't like this. Maybe there's something valid here? *toddles off to take closer look*"
At least, that's the reaction I would have. But maybe I'm just odd. *shrugs*