Three Uncomfortable Lessons about Criticism I Learned from Publishing my Book
By Mars Dorian, {grow} Contributing Columnist
I have a new baby.
It’s about two months old, has a compelling name and is loved by me, my family, and close friends. Of course I’m talking about the new sci-fi novel, Fear The Liberator: A Space Opera Novel, I self-published on Amazon. I worked sweats and fears on that darling, had a professional editor and published it with the best intentions.And for a while, it was good. Sales trickled in, up to 16 per day, as well as many burrows.
I was high-fiving the universe after having launched a book that finally didn’t tank like my two previous books. And then, the first one-star review crept in and vaporized my book like an orbital beam cannon. The critic wrote a 700 word long review that lynched every part of…
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