Comments on: Tips to Make Us Stronger Authors—Both Fiction & Non-Fiction—Part 2

By: Raani York

Raani York — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:44:10 +0000

These tips are really amazing. thanks for sharing them!

By: Topaz

Topaz — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:15:17 +0000

Before I think about publishing my book, I am blogging about my two main topics. There is definitely a need for it; however, the niche may be too narrow. On WordPress and other blogs, I haven’t found anything similar to mine.

In my case, I wonder if that is good or bad. It would be great to emulate a blogger who has blazed the trail, but I guess I’m the one who must do the blazing!

By: Mind Sieve 9/9/13 | Gloria Oliver

Mind Sieve 9/9/13 | Gloria Oliver — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:04:02 +0000

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By: Gry Ranfelt

Gry Ranfelt — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:49:30 +0000

In reply to Amy Shojai. What niche? :)

By: Gry Ranfelt

Gry Ranfelt — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:47:49 +0000

In reply to myselfishdream. In a would with 6 billion people a niche with just 0,05% is still a lot of people :D

By: Gry Ranfelt

Gry Ranfelt — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:46:32 +0000

In reply to markneu. Good point. One of the reasons I stopped force feeding myself "litterature" and just started reading whatever looked appealing. Been reading a lot more since making that duh-bvious decision.

By: Gry Ranfelt

Gry Ranfelt — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:45:27 +0000

I was an AMV maker on youtube and did a lot of constructive criticism. I would say “this is great because this and this but I think you can work on this in order to this and this”.
Often I would get grateful replies because I took the time. Rarer, but also often, one of their fans would bash me, or maybe just a troll, telling me I couldn’t do a better job myself. Sometimes it was true but even if it was always true I’m still the audience and as long as my opinion is polite it matters.
I ended up having a reputation as “The Critique” among the ones I was subscribed to so when I left a comment simply saying “Awesome” they would write back and say “wow, thanks so much. I know that’s a lot coming from you.”
Constructive criticism is the best of all 😀

By: Sarah Brabazon

Sarah Brabazon — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 02:42:13 +0000

I assumed post #12965 was designed to make us do some thinking, a’ la Seth Godin 🙂

By: markneu

markneu — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:38:22 +0000

“Fiction is subjective.” What an awesome point!

The epiphany that helped me the most in developing a thick skin was realizing that I don’t like everything I read so why should I expect everyone else to like what I write?

By: seanpaulmahoney

seanpaulmahoney — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:31:38 +0000

I love what you said about getting a thick skin. So very true. In addition to being a non-fiction writer, I’m a playwright. Audience members falling asleep, texting or (gulp) leaving during a show helped me get a thick skin really fast. Writing for an entertainment website helped too. We’ll just say Hell hath no fury like a Claymate scorned and we’ll leave it at that. – S.