Rant - Wear your best alligator suit when writing!

“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in you heart, it is not success at all.” - Anna Quindlen

“It’s easy to handle success. The real test is how you handle failure" (or criticism).

“You will learn more through failure than you will by giving up.”

Wow! Never underestimate the power of one comment. All I can say is goodness me! You're never going to make ALL of the people happy ALL of the time. The best you can do as a writer is stay true to Your vision and if you receive criticism that you disagree with,
move on,
disregard it,
brush it off.
But whatever you do....
Keep Writing!!!
It's not easy to please the masses people and that is what published writing has become. Enjoyment according to the masses. Whether we like it or not. I myself, have a very thick and snazzy alligator suit that I wear when I write. And if I choose to, I'll let your opinion affect my writing, but only if I choose to.
Because in the end...it's *MY writing.

*Unless you're an editor or agent, then I will change anything you say:)

“There is probably no hell for authors in the next world — they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.” ~ C. N. Bovee http://www.fmwriters.com/Visionback/Vision24/developingthickskin.htm
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/56270/it_takes_thick_skin_to_be_a_writer.html