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To write a book is to risk everything. It's an intimidating and insane task. You spend hours and hours staring at a blank page or screen, and you don't even know if what you're writing is any good. And, if you do it well, no one will ever see it.
Then, just when you think the work is complete, you have to send it away, put it in a box and mail it off to someone else. That person could be just about anyone: friends, family members, publishers, editors ... all of them could read your work and tell you if they like it or not.
And while this might seem like a wonderful opportunity to get feedback from other people on your work, the truth is that most feedback will be negative.
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