While I didn’t have wild expectations, I did have some low-bar desires like readers not FUCKING HATING MY BOOK.
Words Count | My Adventures in Book Publicity Part 2 | Mindset
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My Adventures in Book Publicity
Mindset
A Loser Before I Got Out of the Gate
I stated in Part 1 that my goal for my book was connection and that kept me grounded, but I’m not dead inside!
Obviously, on some level, I did want people to like the book or else why bother to write work for an audience and publication?
While I didn’t have wild expectations, I did have some low-bar desires like readers not FUCKING HATING MY BOOK.
The reason I was able to keep focused on connection and not external validation throughout the publicity process is that three terribly disappointing things happened before the book came out.
The Goodreads/Net Galley Reviews
The first one was my fault.
In the lead up to the pub date, I did what everyone tells you NOT to do: I read the Goodreads and NetGalley reviews of the book.
Dear reader, they were not nice.
