You don't mess with "The Greek Seaman"
There is a viral story that is tearing up the internets right now. The source is here.
A bit of homework: read the review and then see her response to it. And then her response to other people trying to say, "Ummmm... dude... your writing doesn't make sense."
At one point she even tells the reviewer and others to "Fuck off." Score!
You see, there is an underbelly in the self-publishing world. Essentially, any talentless asshole can bang out 300 pages and then throw money at it and call themselves an "author." No editing, no proofing, no agent, no publisher. Just you and Microsoft Word. With just a few thousand dollars you can get your story on Amazon and start selling your swill to the Kindle-owning crowd.
Thing is, people read this stuff And then they review it. Hence, a freak out by an unprofessional "writer" when she is called out for her terrible writing, poor grammar, and all out disregard for craft, education and uh, well, talent.
Before this thing went viral, her reviews on Amazon were all positive. Okay, so they were all from her family and friends but so what? Now though, there are some really good constructive reviews. (There are also some really mean ones and normally I would feel bad about that, but this woman is more than a little insane. And pretty mean. And unwilling to become a better writer. Or to listen to reason. All of these things does not make me want to feel pity for her.)
She completely disregards all constructive criticism and sticks to her "I write great!" mantra. Someone was coddled at home. Someone was never told "Almost, but not quite." Someone has money to throw at the things she wants and like Varuca Salt wants herself a nut-shelling squirrel and bitch don't take no for an answer! Its pretty funny stuff.
Point is, some of the reviews point out the need for her to either hire an editor or learn how, uh, write. Sentences like this:
"Katy detected in her mother in laws eyes her reading into something more with where they were really going together in life."
Wow. Imagine a whole book like that?
Here's the thing I want to take away from this:
There is hope for me!
You see, if this crazy lady can write a truly shitty book and then people buy it... I have the reason to hold onto hope for my own book.
Way to spin it or what?
A bit of homework: read the review and then see her response to it. And then her response to other people trying to say, "Ummmm... dude... your writing doesn't make sense."
At one point she even tells the reviewer and others to "Fuck off." Score!
You see, there is an underbelly in the self-publishing world. Essentially, any talentless asshole can bang out 300 pages and then throw money at it and call themselves an "author." No editing, no proofing, no agent, no publisher. Just you and Microsoft Word. With just a few thousand dollars you can get your story on Amazon and start selling your swill to the Kindle-owning crowd.
Thing is, people read this stuff And then they review it. Hence, a freak out by an unprofessional "writer" when she is called out for her terrible writing, poor grammar, and all out disregard for craft, education and uh, well, talent.
Before this thing went viral, her reviews on Amazon were all positive. Okay, so they were all from her family and friends but so what? Now though, there are some really good constructive reviews. (There are also some really mean ones and normally I would feel bad about that, but this woman is more than a little insane. And pretty mean. And unwilling to become a better writer. Or to listen to reason. All of these things does not make me want to feel pity for her.)
She completely disregards all constructive criticism and sticks to her "I write great!" mantra. Someone was coddled at home. Someone was never told "Almost, but not quite." Someone has money to throw at the things she wants and like Varuca Salt wants herself a nut-shelling squirrel and bitch don't take no for an answer! Its pretty funny stuff.
Point is, some of the reviews point out the need for her to either hire an editor or learn how, uh, write. Sentences like this:
"Katy detected in her mother in laws eyes her reading into something more with where they were really going together in life."
Wow. Imagine a whole book like that?
Here's the thing I want to take away from this:
There is hope for me!
You see, if this crazy lady can write a truly shitty book and then people buy it... I have the reason to hold onto hope for my own book.
Way to spin it or what?
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