When Mother Nature is at her worst, thriller writer Buzz Bernard is at his best!
The first time I received a negative review of one of my novels I felt as if I’d been gut-punched.
I tiny wave of nausea surged through me. That was over six years and five novels ago. Since then, I’ve learned to roll with the punches. Thumbs-down evaluations of my works, I’ve come to understand, are part of the business. As the cliché goes, they come with the territory.
As an author, you’re a public figure. Whether you like or not, your works—your books—become a free-fire zone for public opinion.
I don’t disagree with that. People spend their hard-earned money to buy your products and thus have every right to express their thoughts about them.
Your books will be both acclaimed and denigrated. It’s part of the business. I don’t particularly like getting a thumbs down in a book review—and I don’t often—but it comes with the territory. Readers have different expectations and standards. I get it.
