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How to Respond to Criticism with Dignity and Honour... or, you know, not...
This is popping up all over social media, so you've probably already seen it:
http://tidbits.com/article/14696A perfect example of why it is always better to hold your tongue in response to any kind of review. It's all the more astonishing considering how mild the criticisms directed at the book actually were.
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You think my books isn't really great but that's because you're a meany head who didn't read it properly and actually it is really great and I can prove it to you by posting random extracts. I know you didn't like them much the first time, but they are great. I know because I wrote them.
Do you think maybe the author wasn't quite... was maybe a little... 'special'? I think he comes across as socially inept, or something like that. I can't find the words. It's past my bedtime so I can only produce gobbledegook.
Some heated conversation in the posts, they've coiled him up and made him p-i-n-g.
I'm glad as I couldn't stop nipping over to the site for a peek! That was a deep hole he was digging for himself.