If it causes an emotional response, it's a success.
Funny, the last time I looked disgust, revulsion, anger and contempt were all emotional responses. Just because something causes strong feelings does NOT mean it is GOOD.
The "how many bestsellers do YOU have? Hmmmmmm?" response is just laughable. Success does not automatically grant complete immunity from criticism.
And hon? Hyper-focusing and nitpicking is WHAT MAKES BOOKS PUBLISHABLE. If you just had editors give the manuscript a once-over and go "Yeah, whatever, looks good! *thumbs-up*", then I bet you 99% of what's on the shelves would be ILLEGIBLE. And criticism after the fact is valuable too...it lets the author know their weaknesses and what needs improving in the future.
I like her quota, too...that it can't just be ONE book on the bestseller list, no, it needs to be a DOZEN! YEA!* Anything less than that and you're not a REAL author! Six books? Pshaw. LKH > JANE AUSTEN!
...okay, I just made myself a little sick typing that. :p
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Funny, the last time I looked disgust, revulsion, anger and contempt were all emotional responses. Just because something causes strong feelings does NOT mean it is GOOD.
The "how many bestsellers do YOU have? Hmmmmmm?" response is just laughable. Success does not automatically grant complete immunity from criticism.
And hon? Hyper-focusing and nitpicking is WHAT MAKES BOOKS PUBLISHABLE. If you just had editors give the manuscript a once-over and go "Yeah, whatever, looks good! *thumbs-up*", then I bet you 99% of what's on the shelves would be ILLEGIBLE. And criticism after the fact is valuable too...it lets the author know their weaknesses and what needs improving in the future.
I like her quota, too...that it can't just be ONE book on the bestseller list, no, it needs to be a DOZEN! YEA!* Anything less than that and you're not a REAL author! Six books? Pshaw. LKH > JANE AUSTEN!
...okay, I just made myself a little sick typing that. :p
*To quote The Infallible Leader Herself.