Publishing a book out into the world is not quite like giving birth as I’d assumed. It is however similar to the feeling of sending your child to their first day of school.
Parents put as much of themselves inside their children to prepare them for whatever comes their way, but it will never be enough. When the time is right, we must let go and commit to the launch, trusting that they can stand alone on their own merits.
No matter how arduous the effort, they will be buffeted by criticism, ridiculed for their insufficiencies and errors, and possibly odd colored socks.
The most we can hope for is that they will find their perfect niche of acceptance and integrate with others that will love and support them.
Happy reading!
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