johndoeswords

[johndoeswords]

as someone who spent time in the service (customer) this is very impactful

Alright, authors, I feel like it's time to get real with the class *sits on top of desk*.

We're at work. That means that we do have to put on our "customer service" voice when interacting with our readers.

Sure, some people will be mean, some will say your story is boring or plotless or that it didn't deliver, whatever. Consider that in the broader context, is it a recurring thing, or maybe something you detected yourself? Alright, let's work to be better on the next book.

Is it just trolling, or maybe the opinion of someone outside your intended readership? "Alright, thanks for giving the story a go, I hope in the future some of my stories can be a fun read to you!" And back to work.

I know how personal our craft is, but if we want to make a job out of it, we'll have to treat it as such. Don't insult someone's taste, reading level, or ability to interpret text, you are your brand.

This next part is for my fellow countryfolk.

Brasileiros, parem de dizer que seu livro flopou porque brasileiro não tem cultura ou não lê. Marketing, diagramação, até mesmo uma edição mais cuidadosa vão te ajudar muito mais do que ficar resmungando e alienando seus leitores.

Take your work very seriously, and yourself very little.

Alright, back to work.

[johndoeswords]

Frederick Judd Waugh (American, 1861–1940), "The Great Deep", 1909

[johndoeswords]

Clearly the cat is waiting for the mimic to show itself so it can pounce

[johndoeswords]

Yes. I will do coffee maker lobotomies. Yes. I understand the robot revolution will not be kind to me for this.

[johndoeswords]

Someone was curious.

[johndoeswords]

- man who's about to invent Halloween

It's good to be unsettled from time to time. recreationally.

[johndoeswords]

said the surface of the raging sea - relinquishing its pained grasp on liquidity for rise to the heavens with its bretheren

tired of having emotions! i want to be a cloud

[johndoeswords]

[johndoeswords]

This is what petting velvet feels like to me, no I am not accepting feedback.

My take on Pierre Bonnard’s Le Chat Blanc (1894) - 150x232px

[johndoeswords]

[johndoeswords]

[johndoeswords]

[johndoeswords]

[johndoeswords]

rainier wildflowers

[johndoeswords]

careful though, it might be Tamlin book 1 and you really gotta let that one burn through book 2 before you... get any tattoos

date a forest god who supports you in everything you do, especially anything creative

[johndoeswords]

[johndoeswords]

When amontillado isn't the only thing Montresor wants to quench his thirst

bye gongeous (seals you in the tomb forever)