{"id":6071,"date":"2025-02-27T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:18:49","slug":"how-should-you-handle-criticism-w-jane-friedman-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/how-should-you-handle-criticism-w-jane-friedman-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Should You Handle Criticism? w\/Jane Friedman | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do you handle negative book reviews? <strong>Should<\/strong> you even handle them? What kinds of criticism do you engage with, and what&#8217;s the best way to go about it? Jane Friedman of The Hot Sheet to chat with Joe and Elly about the pros and cons of critical feedback.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MicrocosmPublishing\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you handle negative book reviews? 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