Everybody’s a critic!
Here’s my take on life - give the bitter with the sweet. Or sweeten the bitter with the sweet, you know…sweeten the moror with the haroset.
If I have a critical word to impart to someone…like, let’s pretend one of the new nurses I work with totally messed up her med sheet. Should I get all up in her face and say - Hey biatch! You totally effed up this med sheet and I wasted two valuable hours of my time fixing it so you better get your damn act together and shape the hell up! Should I approach her like that? If I stood in her shoes, I’d smack the crap out of me. I much prefer to approach the matter thusly - Hi Meggie, love your hair. That cut really looks good on you and the color brings out the blue in your eyes. Say, I noticed over the weekend that the med sheet for so and so was missing a few items. I straightened everything out with the pharmacy and the family and re-wrote it for you. Do you need some help with these new med sheets? They’re a bit confusing…
I bring this up because I have a friend, and she’s a really good friend, (Gentlemen Prefer Blonds), and every damn time she reads one of my books - which I always comp her - the first thing she says isn’t - Wow! Love the cover! or Damn, girl, that story brought me to tears! or Shit, that was a hot read! It’s always like this…I started your book. There’s a typo on page 23, line 10, or you’ve left a dangling participle on page 59, line 15, or I don’t think that word is the right word for what you’re describing.
Smack.
In other news: I’ve decided to risk the two a.m. newt face dropping. It’s a trade-off. Either I risk a newt or I put up with three cats playing whack-a-mole on my bed all night. I’ll take my chances with the newt.
I’ve developed a major girl-crush on author Donna George Storey, whose short story, Comfort Food, is near mine in The Cougar Book. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’m going to interview her because she is interesting as all hell.
Last but not least - I love this commercial and until Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit, it never occurred to me to associate her with it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXZ2hfD3bU
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March 19th, 2010 at 3:49 am
Okay, I’d have to stop giving my friend a copy of my book. That would drive me mad.
I never associated the commerical with Lindsay either. I still love it!
March 19th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Love it! And exposure? No prob! You can get it with a simple blurb and a drive-by-shout out!
March 19th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Love it! Have NO idea what you are talking about with LL. LOL!
March 19th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Fran, you’ve been too sick to read what LL is suing about! And Amber, yeah, I think I will take your advice!
March 19th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
That video is too funny. I don’t know what it has to do with Lindsey Lohan, but whatever. Regarding your friend, some people just can’t be happy for you, no matter how close you are. They just have to find something wrong with what you’re doing. Don’t let her bother you.
March 19th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I love your comments, Dana! I love that video too - makes me smile every time. Yeah, I’m wondering exactly what it is - this need people find to criticize first, maybe give you a pat on the back later. I think it has to do with ego. Of course I’ve been rejected so many times I have no ego left - not really, not that bad, but I have been rejected plenty.
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Say, Laurann, I love your hair. Very flattering. And that outfit you’re wearing today is awesome-you should take Stacey’s place on What Not to Wear, you’re so stylish. Oh, by the way, you’ve been giving free books to a person who, for whatever reason, likes to make you feel small and rain on your parade.
So, stop already! Jeez!!!
Oh, and those shoes are to die for, by the way!
LOL (Lots of love)
Lyla
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Hahaha! I meant Julia. Where’d I see Laurann’s name? Have I lost my mind.
Don’t answer that.