COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY BARBARA ELLEN IN THE
GUARDIAN
Threats or abuse - the real thing, not exaggerated
descriptions of criticism – of course have no place in comments.
However, this writer, Barbara Ellen, strikes me as overly
sensitive about negative reader comments.
The fact is, if you put your words "out there,"
there's simply going to be a wide spectrum of reactions, a good deal of it not
flattering to your ego.
That is the nature of the human condition.
I am a writer - hundreds of essays, reviews, and a book -
and I well know this.
I genuinely think this writer needs to adjust to reality
rather than complain in this fashion, which - I am indeed sorry to say - is
actually quite off-putting.
