Others said that her response made them disinclined to read her. One reader announced that they’ll throw her books away. Thomas has subsequently been subjected to online abuse from readers and reviewers. With the position I’m in, social media is for interacting with readers, not for getting critiques.” I have a group of people whose feedback I value – my editor, my agent, other authors who act as beta readers. Too many opinions, good or bad, can affect that … Getting feedback from too many sources can harm your writing process. What’s the point of tagging an author in a negative review? Really?” she wrote on Twitter. “Guess what? WE ARE PEOPLE WITH FEELINGS.
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I was so irritated with Bridget's choices that seemed to stem from nothing more than boredom. BUT, I thought this book contained soooo many overdone tropes. I maybe connected with each character the most this time around. I feel as though the writing has grown a lot since the first book. I did really enjoy the depth to the characters in this one. I was much better prepared to produce a publishable manuscript because of Sara’s teaching. I quickly wrote Polarity in Motion and found a publisher. There is no doubt that the work I did with Sara on my first manuscript provided some of the best training of my writing life. “I asked Sara to edit a lengthy manuscript (my first) that I’d worked on for years–seven to be exact. I had literally worn out all my beta reader friends and lost all objectivity about the manuscript and writing in general. Sara did an amazing job of pointing out restructuring needs that made so much sense, I wondered why I hadn’t thought of them myself. 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