A little background … I sent out an informal essay that I’d scrawled out for a non-fiction anthology (it was rejected - no huge surprise or heartbreak) to a loop I’m on. I stated to start with that it’s unedited and uncorrected but I thought people would be amused.
Most people got what I had intended - a little laugh.
But I got back one piece of private mail from a loop member that was, in my opinion, absolutely scathing. I won’t post the mail here but it boiled down to it was crap, no wonder it was rejected and I shouldn’t put it on my site because it’s not worth it.
I’m in shock a little, I think. I’ve gone between outraged, hurt, pissed off and am not debating killfiling this particular person (it’s not the first time I think this person has been a jackass).
Anybody got advice? I’m trying to not let it affect me but I can tell I’m now a little leary of picking up my WIP and working on it. How do you cope if/when this happens? What would you do - and creating a flame war on the alias is out, I won’t be a party to that.
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