meganbmoore | She may not be the world's best writer...

...but I wish more writers were willing to own up to this. Especially romance novelists. And comic book writers. That J.R. Ward can own up to not handling things the way she should have instead of making a longwinded speech about how her readers "don't get it" and "missed the point" makes her a step above most writers I've seen facing criticism.

JR Ward acknowledged that the number of readers who contacted her after Vishous’ book was released and who were confused and upset by the story means one thing: “I didn’t do my job.”

Ward said that if readers didn’t understand the story or were upset by it, she should have explained more and added 10 more pages to the end of the book to allow for the reader to understand Vishous and Jane’s relationship (not Jane from Dear Author). A conference attendee who saw the session told me afterward that she was SO impressed with both speakers, partially because Ward owned up to the controversy and took responsibility for the uproar.

Full story here.

And now I kinda want to read the Jessica Anderson book.