by
David Kubicek
It is never pleasant to get a bad review. In
fact, reading a review that savagely eviscerates the novel you’ve spent months
nurturing is one of the most unpleasant experiences a writer can have.
This might help: Getting a bad review often
means that you have missed your audience.
Even if you haven’t thought about writing to
an audience, one exists for your book. If you’re successful at finding your readers—and
assuming your book is well written—most of your reviews should range from 3 to
5 stars, which is where you want to be.
But every author who has collected lots of
reviews has picked up some bad ones—even the most popular books by the most
popular writers.
