Comments on: Writers, reviewing https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/writers-reviewing/ Never underestimate the commercial value of mental illness. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.3 By: Katya https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/writers-reviewing/#comment-8712 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:55:18 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=3303#comment-8712 HA! So true. I just organize. 🙂

]]> By: MoJo https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/writers-reviewing/#comment-8711 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:21:20 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=3303#comment-8711

(What does that make me, some kind of critic parasite?)

It makes you a librarian. 😉

]]> By: Katya https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/writers-reviewing/#comment-8710 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:40:22 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=3303#comment-8710 I’m trying to think of something interesting to add to the conversation that hasn’t been said a million times, already. I don’t like being a critic (in a quasi-public sphere, at least) because I’m very conflict averse, but rely heavily on critical reviews when making media choices. (What does that make me, some kind of critic parasite?)

]]> By: MoJo https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/writers-reviewing/#comment-8709 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:05:40 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=3303#comment-8709

Or, can some writers not take the heat?

Well, I don’t like taking heat any more than anybody else does. I also don’t like being MEAN, but somehow being upset and critical gets conflated to MEAN.

]]> By: Yvette Davis https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/writers-reviewing/#comment-8708 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:59:37 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=3303#comment-8708 Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Do we dare share it though?

Oh but – it’s kind of like politics. Don’t rock the boat, stay safe, and nothing bad will ever happen to you, right? Uh huh. Until they target you just ’cause. Then, what good does a silent legacy do you?

Or, can some writers not take the heat?

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