Be ready for pushback

There are a lot of hurt people in the world. When you write and publish your book, be ready for those people to push back on your story, sometimes quite violently. 

Know this: THEIR OPINION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU OR YOUR WRITING.

It’s tempting to think you did something wrong. You somehow wrote it wrong. 

You didn’t.

What you did was, you wrote your truth. That stirred up a painful something in those hurt people. And they pushed back in defense. 

It’s not your fault.

Now, don’t be tempted to a...