Everyone's a Critic - Driving The Green

When you write a book and put it out into the world, you have to be prepared for what readers think. Some will like what you've written... some won't. And you just have to roll with the good and the bad.

I received a very positive review on Amazon from Lorna Sixsmith (repeated on her blog, www.irishfarmerette.com), but a bit of a critical/messy one from Sam (see photo)! Fortunately Sam is only 2 and 3/4, so I'm not taking it to heart. 

Here's what he thought:

Here's Sam's 'review', submitted by
his Dad on Twitter.

Would You Marry a Farmer? A Book Review

Where golf and farming collide

You’re probably wondering why I’m writing a review of a book about farming. I could find a few tenuous links (cow pats on fairways, farming land turned into golf courses, hitting sheep with errant golf balls) but it’s for two reasons: first is the author, Lorna Sixsmith, who raised the funds to publish this book herself; second is the many summers I spent as a child on my godmother’s farm in the rolling Wicklow hills. I have fond memories of the milking, the tractor rides and the hay-stacked barn… but of the bull, not so much.

 I have met Lorna on a couple of occasions and admire her motivation (see below).

And besides, it has given me an idea for a new book: Would You Marry a Golfer?