we are happy with it because its obvious that you gave that book your all (even if it made you crazy). I am not exactly a patient sort of person, but waiting for a GOOD book is not just bearable, but satisfying.
Yes, and as a reader, I feel this way about, say kateelliott's work. I am absolutely certain that her upcoming book will be good. As a writer, knowing that people will be patient for a good book is almost the issue because, well, nothing that I'm writing Right Now seems good enough for very long...
Please don't fret too much - for every jackass who nitpicks or badmouths, there are many MANY others who feel the opposite.
I don't actually mind the nitpicking, etc., because it is part of the way different people read -- I don't mind that people say "OMG I hated this". I know that, as a reader, books that annoy often provoke intense reaction because disappointment does that.
It just affects me all out of proportion =/. I'm not sure why, because it didn't used to.
I would like to go back to the days when it didn't bother me.
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:09 pm (UTC)Yes, and as a reader, I feel this way about, say
Please don't fret too much - for every jackass who nitpicks or badmouths, there are many MANY others who feel the opposite.
I don't actually mind the nitpicking, etc., because it is part of the way different people read -- I don't mind that people say "OMG I hated this". I know that, as a reader, books that annoy often provoke intense reaction because disappointment does that.
It just affects me all out of proportion =/. I'm not sure why, because it didn't used to.
I would like to go back to the days when it didn't bother me.