For all fellow scribes who ever suffered an (occasional) negative review, Publishers' Weekly offers consolation in this collection of classic-book authors who underwent Critical Chain-Whipping.

Enjoy, fellow masochists!

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/54494-the-13-worst-reviews-of-classic-books.html?utm_source=PW+Tip+Sheet&utm_campaign=e2be24a2b8-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

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((UPDATE: In an e-mail regarding this Writer Alert, Faithful Reader Morgan asks: "Isn't there a site full of rejection letters like this?"

EM REPLY: "In my lower desk drawer, I believe. Tho some writers I know --Joe Konrath, to name one-- paper their bathrooms with theirs."))

-- Earl Merkel