Meanie Story

From Anonymous........

"I recently visited a writer's blog/critique group that I found pretty neat. They had an address to email so that you could join the group. They requested a writing sample along with the email. So, I sent the email, stating how much I liked their site and included an excerpt from my latest release. Two hours later I received a response that said...."You seem like a nice person, however, we are not declining your request based on that, but rather your apparent lack of writing ability." I am a published author, so naturally this had me worried and confused. I knew I wasn't the best, but never guessed I had no apparent writing ability.

Afterwards, I went back to the blog and visited the other member's sites and was surprised to find that only two out of their twenty or so members were actually published. How rude did they have to be? Couldn't they just have easily said..."We're sorry, but we're at capacity at the moment and have no desire for any new members."??? What was the point in making me not want to write for three days afterward for fear of being a crappy writer?"

Here is the url that was included with this email........

http://www.rwunlimited.org/

Moral of the story..........Never let anyone's comments or opinions deter you from your goal or objective. It is simply their opinion, nothing more. And for every one person out there that doesn't believe in you, your work or your talent, there are three out there that do! You just have to find them and not give up. Don't ever let a meanie keep you staring at a blank screen for three days wondering whether or not you're a real writer or just pretending to be one.