criticism

Fair Play for Funsponges?

corporate entertainment, criticism, fun, work environment 27th November 2022 Other Things

Funsponges have always walked among us, of course. Mostly we can laugh at them, disregard them or circumvent them. But a recent court case suggests that they might be, well, probably not organising, but perhaps becoming more of a problem. … Continued

Review Rage – Right and Wrong

authors, bad behaviour, books, criticism, reviews 27th April 2021 Musings, Other Things

Reviews can be the bane of any author’s life. Some people would advise never reading them because too many bad ones will make you miserable – and perhaps too many enthusiastic ones will make you bigheaded. Certainly one author recently … Continued

Do you do reviews?

Amazon, authors, book reviewers, books, criticism, ratings, reviewing, stars 21st September 2016 Musings, Other Things

You can find any amount of ‘help a writer, leave a review’ memes on social media, but the whole business of book reviews seems to be getting messier and more frustrating by the day. Rumour has it that getting five … Continued