Some Forms of Suicide Can Be Humorous...(Read before you judge!)

My first example, before anyone jumps down my throat, is political suicide.

But there's also the option of...hmm...I think I'll call this publishing suicide.  I'm currently suffering from lack of sleep again so I'm trying to keep busy.  While glancing through Twitter, I saw that Neil Gaiman had posted the following tweet:

If you ever have dreams of being a writer, please trust me & DON'T DO THIS: http://bit.ly/hEp5LI Just don't. Just.... don't. #CantLookAway

I've had self-publishing mentioned to me several times before but I'd actually need to finish writing whatever project I was working on to actually give it a serious consideration.  However, after reading the link my dear Mr. Gaiman posted, I realized that I'm extremely lucky.  I honestly love critique.  I don't get offended by it whatsoever.  Sure, I don't always agree with the critique I receive but I'm not going to rip someone's head off after hearing them out.

Then again, comments like "u suk" or "zomg, ur french is sooo bad, i took it for high school 3 years ago for liek a week and..." tend to not get much of a response from me, but hey...it's cute when they try.

(Side note: I actually did have someone who spoke English criticize a French poem of mine.  He claimed my sentence wasn't structured properly.  However, quite a few other people kinda went "Wtf?!" at him and...well, you can imagine how that went.)


Anyhow, I digress...

It shouldn't surprise me anymore but I can't help it: that review was not insulting in the slightest and I am still amazed that some people can get so freakin' butt-hurt over something like that.  That silly author has definitely committed publishing suicide with her reaction.

I tend not to ask for proofreading, mostly because I'm not writing to impress anyone, I'm just doing it for my own enjoyment, so I don't feel obligated to ask for it.  Though I'm quite aware that I do make occasional mistakes when I go back and read stuff, so if I did end up taking it completely seriously and consider publishing, I sure as hell will ask for someone to look it over.

Oh, and before I forget...no, I don't think actual suicide (the kind that kills) is funny in any way, shape or form.  I'm very anti-suicide and wouldn't wish it on anyone.  In this case, the butt-hurt author shot herself in the foot by reacting the way she did, thus damaging her career possibly beyond repair.  So if her writing career was symbolized as her life, well...she just killed herself.

Reviews don't become gospel.  Silly girl...

p.s.  Do note that both pictures posted here were swiped from http://icanhascheezburger.com.  Gotta love the lolcats!