Greetings, SE’ers! Beem Weeks here with you again. Today, I’d like to talk about the importance of reviews!

Reviews—be they for books, music, art, or movies—are important to the creator of the work in question. A good review alerts other readers that a particular book is well worth your time and money. An encouraging review will help a singer or a band ease from struggle to success. Even in the restaurant business, positive reviews are often the difference between a full dining room and bankruptcy.

With the same token, a bad review can sink a Hollywood picture before it has a chance to open to the general public. Bad reviews are a part of the creative world that every participant will eventually experience. It’s just a fact of life. There’s no such thing as the perfect novel. Somebody somewhere will find something about your work they just don’t like. Even…