Abby Fabiaschi, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/abagailwittnebert/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:30:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Why I No Longer Read My Book Reviews https://booksbywomen.org/why-i-no-longer-read-my-book-reviews-by-abby-fabiaschi/ https://booksbywomen.org/why-i-no-longer-read-my-book-reviews-by-abby-fabiaschi/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2017 05:02:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20604 Reviews cause writers angst. We need them, we fear them, and, in my opinion, too often, we take the time to read them. I LIKED MY LIFE came out with two starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, and kind words from Kirkus, but Publisher’s Weekly was decidedly unimpressed. That same pattern followed me on Goodreads and Amazon. Over a four […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/why-i-no-longer-read-my-book-reviews-by-abby-fabiaschi/feed/ 2 20604 It’s Not Rejection; It’s Feedback. https://booksbywomen.org/its-not-rejection-its-feedback-by-abby-fabiaschi/ https://booksbywomen.org/its-not-rejection-its-feedback-by-abby-fabiaschi/#comments Sat, 18 Mar 2017 05:33:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18263 I imagine the easygoing among us don’t remember their first time receiving constructive criticism; teflon, some people, or indifferent. Not me. In primary school the report card system was E for excellent, S for satisfactory, and U for unsatisfactory. I swam in a pool of excellence until the day I received an S in handwriting. By the […]

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