Comments on: How to Handle Criticism http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2009/03/31/how-to-handle-criticism/ The art of story telling and marketing what you write Fri, 18 May 2012 05:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Al Kalar http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2009/03/31/how-to-handle-criticism/#comment-1605 Al Kalar Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:45:18 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=250#comment-1605 It's been my experience that many first-time authors who aren't members of a workshop tend to be rather thin-skinned. For us at AKW Books, an author who welcomes criticism (and who can actually write) is a gem worth polishing. We'll actually go to the trouble of helping that writer polish his/her mss. The argumentative ones get their walking papers (rejection "slip"). Your comments drive this home beautifully. It’s been my experience that many first-time authors who aren’t members of a workshop tend to be rather thin-skinned. For us at AKW Books, an author who welcomes criticism (and who can actually write) is a gem worth polishing. We’ll actually go to the trouble of helping that writer polish his/her mss. The argumentative ones get their walking papers (rejection “slip”).

Your comments drive this home beautifully.

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