Defending Your Writing
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I got into a scuffle with an associate writer [don't ask me what that means. Really, the person was practically a stranger who happens to be in a writing group I belong to. As writers, personally, i feel we should be able to relate on some level, making us associates]. The person called what I do, as a romance writer, juvenile and laughable. Perhaps this person was talking about romance novels in general, but in essence this person can't possibly mean that the work we do as writers is at all meritable. This writer was, in fact, rude.
If you've been keeping track of my crappy week, you know I wasn't just irritated, I was ticked...
and I lit into her. Respectfully and as nicely as possible. This person baited me--perhaps, unintentionally --and I got hooked. The poor thing probably didn't know what hit, all my Irish fury in one short email [okay, it was more like medium to long...and there were two, because the writer refused to see the error of the rude comments]
Do I feel bad? My mother once told me, it would never matter if I were right or wrong, as long as I was the one yelling, I would be the one apologizing. So, yes. I apologized for some indiscretion...
So, tell me. Do you find yourself defending what you do? What steps do you take to be professional and reasonable when faced with....yuckiness? How does it affect your writing...your day? [my day seemed long, but I did get some very good work done on revisions. i just know i could have done more, if I'd ignored my instinct to be protective and possessive.]
If you've been keeping track of my crappy week, you know I wasn't just irritated, I was ticked...
and I lit into her. Respectfully and as nicely as possible. This person baited me--perhaps, unintentionally --and I got hooked. The poor thing probably didn't know what hit, all my Irish fury in one short email [okay, it was more like medium to long...and there were two, because the writer refused to see the error of the rude comments]
Do I feel bad? My mother once told me, it would never matter if I were right or wrong, as long as I was the one yelling, I would be the one apologizing. So, yes. I apologized for some indiscretion...
So, tell me. Do you find yourself defending what you do? What steps do you take to be professional and reasonable when faced with....yuckiness? How does it affect your writing...your day? [my day seemed long, but I did get some very good work done on revisions. i just know i could have done more, if I'd ignored my instinct to be protective and possessive.]
