{"id":606,"date":"2016-03-24T23:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T23:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2016-03-27T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T13:28:59","slug":"final-final-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/24\/final-final-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Final, final update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And with this, I really do promise to move on.<\/p>\n<p>Ros Barber was written a blog post. You can (and should) read it here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rosbarber.com\/you-one-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rosbarber.com\/you-one-me\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In it, she tells the story of how she came to write *that* article, and of some of the &#8216;feedback&#8217; she&#8217;s received from it. I have written a reply, but I don&#8217;t know if it will get approved. I hope so. I shall put it here as well, just in case (for some reason, I can&#8217;t copy and paste it from there, so here&#8217;s a screencap) (and it&#8217;s not particularly well-written, and unedited)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-23.41.11.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-607 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-23.41.11.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-24 at 23.41.11\" width=\"743\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-23.41.11.png 743w, https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-23.41.11-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a>I didn&#8217;t agree with the original article. I felt that it demeaned self-published authors, and much worse, could harm the reputation of someone who does use an alternative method of publishing to the traditional one. I was angry and disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>But I would never, ever, abuse someone online for something they&#8217;d written. As someone I once worked under (for literary short story writing &#8211; hi, Alex) said: critique the writing, don&#8217;t criticise the author.\u00a0We may take issue with the words, dislike those words intensely, but we should always try to maintain a courteous relationship with the real person that wrote them.<\/p>\n<p>And there is <strong>never<\/strong> a good reason for abusing someone online, and using foul and abusive language against them just because they wrote something you disagree with.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: My comment has been approved on Ros&#8217;s blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And with this, I really do promise to move on. 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