Negative reviews come with being an author.  Really, you’re not going to please everyone.  But whatever you do, don’t Tweet yourself into idiocy by trying to rally your fans to bombard said negative reviewer (by posting her email and phone number, you psycho) regarding the negative review.  You’ll just look unbalanced and unable to withstand criticism.

Maybe it was a bad day.  Maybe the review hit you just right.  Whatever.  Take it out on your punching bag.  Scream into a pillow.  Rip the shit out of a stress ball.  But don’t go public with it.  Don’t even comment on it.  Why?  It’ll just draw more attention to a negative review, something you don’t want to do.  Granted, if it’s a review that makes the reviewer look like they ever even read the book (getting names, plot, settings, etc. wrong), I might not be able to help myself but I’d still go through my agent for the ok, which might not be given.

Just, seriously, suck it up.  You have to.  What happens next time?  Even more Tweets?  A wig-out vlog?  Come on.  Walk away from the computer, exert some energy and come back to the situation refreshed.  Take the criticism and move on.  Maybe you can garner some good information from that review you can put to use in your next book.  Maybe not.  Either way, just chill.  Trigger happy is not a title anyone wants.