Sometimes literary critics review the book they wanted you to write, not the book you wrote, and that's very irksome.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer.
Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.
Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.
Critics, at least generally, want to regard works of fiction as independent entities, whose virtues and failures must be reckoned apart from the circumstances of their creation, and even apart from the intentions of their creator.
I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.
Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a 'bad' one.
When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think.
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