1 Star Review

Just got my first one star review for The Haunting. Ouch. I even dreamed I was before a committee of wise old men who agreed to write me some positive reviews to balance it. Let's see if they keep their dream word.

What's worse is that it's the first review it's had. It starts off: "The story was well written, but..."  I don't agree with what she says (naturally), but what do you do about this? I guess you just have to move on. Maybe she's right? I should say that on Goodreads the same story got 4 stars. So there.

Ghost stories are tropes - the ones that do well such as the Blair Witch and Amityville get their buzz from claiming to be true, which they aren't.

The classics use the same themes over and over.  I watched the Tractate Middoth at Christmas which was really beautifully done, but still full of tropes - ancient manuscript, wicked necromancer, etc. I also read 3 Winter Ghosts by Gary Sargent recently and that was very well written but again, supernatural murderer etc.

(can't resist a plug)

But that isn't the issue here, it's my insecurity and wondering whether they are really shit...

Now when I write something truly original such as Zventibold! no one buys it!

Here's that link again.... 

:)

God loves a trier they say.