Someone Likes Me
A huge thanks to Ellen for pointing this out to me…
From Tami on the RT Readers’ Roundtable about my novella in When Good Things Happen To Bad Boys:
“This is the most exciting and unique first novel I’ve ever read by an author. If this a taste of what Ms Dimon is capable of writing, then I really can’t wait for her books to start filling the shelves. ”
Tami enjoyed the anthology and, frankly, I love her. Don’t even know her last name, but I love her.
February 24th, 2006 at 8:13 am
Congrats! But wait until you see how much you hate that other type. So what are your suggestions of how authors can remain objective short of a handy calming aid?
February 24th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Monica, how bought a voodoo doll? Just think of all the nasty things you could imagine!
February 24th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Monica Dearest - what’s going on with your blog??? My link now leads to your sign-in screen. I remember reading about getting a password, but I didn’t think that meant…well, it’s obvious I didn’t know exactly what that meant. Can’t function without a daily dose of Monica. Give me the secret decoder ring and handshake, or tell me where I can find it/them.
As to bad reviews and comments…we hate those people. No, no, no, I don’t mean that. I have two theories on this. First, I go into this writing career assuming everyone will hate my stuff. Very glass-is-half-empty, I know. That’s not my usual mindset, but it’s one I adopted to get through the submission process. Yeah, I will be disappointed because I view this as a career and want everyone to love my work, but I know there will be people who don’t like it and they are likely to be the most vocal. Guess it’s the divorce lawyer in me. You should hear the crap I hear everyday - not always the prettiest side of people.
Second, since I review books, I have some idea of the process that goes into a review. I HATE it when I don’t like a book. I get surly and nasty because I want to be wowed or entertained or feel something every single time I pick up a book. That’s part of the reason I am fine buying hardcovers and trade and any other expensive book version publishers come up with - because I go in thinking I will love ‘em and won’t care about the cost. I don’t enjoy - not even a little - saying I thought something wasn’t good. I’ve decided that everyone feels that way (part of me - okay, most of me - knows this isn’t true). But, if I go in with the idea that anyone who writes bad stuff about my book feels bad doing it, it feels a bit less personal. The latter would be the glass-is-half-full part of my personality.
I have a husband and cp who will be forced to listen to my private tirades…and, yes, I have a voodoo doll.
February 24th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
Great review! It has me intrigued. I’m going to go check this one out!
February 24th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Congrats on the review.
February 25th, 2006 at 8:35 am
Helen, I had a anxiety attack and put my blog on registration only. It’s now my personal blog! I’m not all that interesting. We got a new kitten, for instance. Named it Sugar. I finally got it to stop lying on my keyboard. So it’s curled up in between my keyboard and monitor. When it gets bigger, this will be a difficulty.
I’ll manually sign you up or anybody else who asks. The Wordpress registration process in onerous.
I was expecting about ten folks max and I could riff and rage all I want about cramps and men and deadlines and editors and laundry.
But my editor prompty signed up, no, let’s make that my publisher. . . and there’s way more people than ten–half whom I don’t have a clue about.
I generally expect folks to hate my books too, so I can be pleasantly surprised when they don’t.
February 26th, 2006 at 2:19 am
Congrats on the wonderful review!!! (I’m not surprised though! )*grin*