This or that – does your family read your books?

My husband and daughters read a lot of non-fiction. Fiction? Not so much. Young Adult romance? Even less.

So Hubs has never read one of my books. Daughter #1 hasn’t either (although the poor thing has heard me brainstorm enough that she can sketch in the plots fairly well). Daughter #2 will copy-edit (for a fee, of course), so I can claim one immediate family member who reads my work.

I have many author-friends whose partners, children, siblings, or parents serve as critique partners. I don’t...