JK Rowling...
I dislike soapboxes, unless I feel particularly inspired or angered. But the recent attack by fellow writers on JK Rowling has left me shaking my head in disgust and disapproval. I've never been big on people taking vicious jabs and pokes at colleagues, of any profession. It smacks of jealousy, pettiness and simply outright meanness.
The recent attacks on JK Rowling should infuriate every writer, no matter their genre or literary success. From the would be aspiring novelist to the most seasoned, successful writer, we should, as a group, rise up and condemn the mean spirited attacks on one of our own.
To JK Rowling, whom I'm sure will never see this little epistle, I would like to simply say: keep writing. Write what you believe in and what inspires you. But mainly, keep writing. Don't let those who envy you, the haters, the mean spirited bigots, keep you from weaving your stories and telling your tales. Keep writing. Weave a story of another Harry Potter, or tell the tale of another town and it's hidden secrets. It doesn't matter. Just keep writing.
Ignore the petty jabs and derogatory rhetoric. What ever those people have to say isn't worth the time to read it. Don't let them still your proverbial pen. Just keep writing.
All of us, as writers, need to take the same advice. Whatever people tell us, whatever we are told by agents, publishers or even disgruntled readers: keep on writing. Create worlds, weave stories, tell tales. Use the gift we were given. Be the writer you know you have inside. We owe it to ourselves, our families and our readers. We owe it to our muse.
And for the millions of readers and book fans all over the world, show the haters what you think by ignoring them as well. Don't read what they write and don't give their reviews the dignity of reading them anymore. Let them know they have crossed the decency line.
So, to JK Rowling....and to all the writers and aspiring writers all over the globe: just keep writing.
May the dragons watch over all of us.
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