tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post547132128911701469..comments2023-09-22T13:24:57.423-04:00Comments on What a Hoot!: Let's Talk: Liking the authors work but not the author?Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289294799154339755noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-45517389219267023852011-04-15T20:48:26.438-04:002011-04-15T20:48:26.438-04:00I completely understand. There is this author who...I completely understand. There is this author who shall remain nameless. I had an e-mail exchange with her and it made me not like her as a person. I was not criticizing her work, but quite the opposite. She was very snotty and I felt like she was talking down to me. Since then I've noticed her tone on her blog/website posts and it just turns me completely off. I know that she went to a top 5 University, but I'm sorry keep the attitude in the classroom and don't direct it towards your readers. I still read her books, but I do not buy them. I usually get them from the library and I have won a few.Devan @ Book Stringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692881238773953392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-39053092816018524342011-04-14T19:56:45.335-04:002011-04-14T19:56:45.335-04:00Haven't had that experience with writers yet. ...Haven't had that experience with writers yet. All that I follow on twitter or FB seem to be really good people.<br />But now I want to know who you're talking about!<br />;)Pawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038208921604587924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-81163678451701831612011-04-14T17:35:21.649-04:002011-04-14T17:35:21.649-04:00I would recommend you stop reading her Facebook pa...I would recommend you stop reading her Facebook page so that you can continue enjoying her books. As a reader that is more important than liking her. Don't give up the positive about her, give up the negative.<br /><br />We don't want to judge but it is hard not to at times.<br /><br />Take care Beck, have a great weekend.Marcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136238772526246675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-83796048518973236442011-04-14T10:21:00.609-04:002011-04-14T10:21:00.609-04:00Social networking sites have made it so easy to kn...Social networking sites have made it so easy to know celebrities and other public figures. Authors need to be aware of how they portray themselves to their readers. A negative impression could cost them.Amelia Jameshttp://tellmeyoulikeme.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-44486069678279895692011-04-14T09:26:19.766-04:002011-04-14T09:26:19.766-04:00@Letter4no1 - Thank you for your opinion. You are ...@Letter4no1 - Thank you for your opinion. You are right that I should not let it cloud my judgement fully, and that yes it is this authors life. I do not consider them a bad person, I just don't fully agree with everything they share on facebook and it has clouded my judgement. I do no longer follow them on there, so it isn't as if I still sit there and see these things that I feel like are negative anymore.Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12289294799154339755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-4509797372158872212011-04-14T09:17:18.896-04:002011-04-14T09:17:18.896-04:00This is a double standard I see mostly with Actors...This is a double standard I see mostly with Actors. Not liking someone personally so letting it discount their work in your own opinion. For almost all other forms of art the artist can be the most terrible person in the world and all it does is help to spark conversation, not really color a persons perception of the work. <br /><br />I have a few authors I think aren't great people, but I don't really let it color my opinion of what they've written. Usually unless what's making them "bad people" is a controversial attitude on something, this negative side doesn't show up in their work. <br /><br />I'm also not sure that just being an oversharer on facebook should be enough to take something you once loved and ruin it. So what if she parties and diets? It's her life.Sarah Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116130581597537480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104196490915872943.post-83870672974101542732011-04-14T08:17:35.161-04:002011-04-14T08:17:35.161-04:00I try not to get to know an author personally. I&#...I try not to get to know an author personally. I'm afraid that the same thing will happen, I'll end up not enjoying the book as much.Ashley Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455209029834157597noreply@blogger.com