tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post7759342082944693214..comments2024-03-14T08:43:45.183-04:00Comments on The VĂ©hicule Press Blog: "Going Negative" Going the DistanceVĂ©hicule Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00818162880719157747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-73669679681503286102012-08-10T09:55:05.697-04:002012-08-10T09:55:05.697-04:00Negative reviews do have a usefulness but they'...Negative reviews do have a usefulness but they're better to read, in my experience, if the book itself energizes a reviewer to make a case for or defence of something at the same time. Sadly, that isn't always possible.<br /><br />A writer once dropped me an email saying how s/he didn't think writing negative reviews would help my career. (Coincidentally, it was of that writer's book.) Writers can be too much like autocrats in denying free speech or contrary opinions.<br /><br />--Jeff Bursey<br />author of <i>Verbatim: A Novel</i>Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813604798802451639noreply@blogger.com