On, In, and Around Mondays: You Want the One-Star
"You're going to want the five-stars and the one-stars," I told her.
It is Karen's first book—a poignant and humorous memoir, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me.
Karen has been an award-winning professor and a writer for a long time. She knows what it is to be read and responded to. Still. There is nothing so surprising as your first one-star review, and I was just broaching the subject before it happens.
The one-star review is a good surprise; of course, it needs to be generously balanced by five-star reviews if your book is truly excellent. But the point is that the best books will garner reviews in two directions. This is desirable. It means you have a strong, distinctive voice, and that people either love that voice or despise it.
Karen is gracious, and she thanked me for the unsolicited advice. It goes without saying... I am wishing her more five-stars.
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Labels: Booked Literature in the Soul of Me, Karen Swallow Prior, The Writing Life
posted by L.L. Barkat at 9:43 AM
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