But there's lots of good advice here. The bit I agree with the most is this:...no matter what your craft ... there will always be those who don't like what you do ... [but] throwing a strop against the reviewer is not only ignorant, but self-damaging.
Pretty obvious, right?
There is a difference between constructive and destructive criticism. There are people who think that saying "%^#$ you, you'll never amount to anything" etc., etc. is "honest criticism". It's not worth engaging with these people. Ignore them and move on.
I just started reading a book of musical quotations (a little light reading
), and here's one of the quotes about critics:Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. (Brendan Behan, Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright)