Carley Fortune
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I'm much better than I used to be. I used to be – before Every Summer After came out, I read every single like early review and I remember –
I'm much better than I used to be. I used to be – before Every Summer After came out, I read every single like early review and I remember –
super negative review came in before the book had come out around it was like Christmas Eve and I was at home in Barry's Bay with my family and I was like and it was it was like and it felt like a very professional sounding review too and it was like this is unimaginative unimaginative and this that the other thing and it was so devastating I was like oh people are going to hate this book.
super negative review came in before the book had come out around it was like Christmas Eve and I was at home in Barry's Bay with my family and I was like and it was it was like and it felt like a very professional sounding review too and it was like this is unimaginative unimaginative and this that the other thing and it was so devastating I was like oh people are going to hate this book.
super negative review came in before the book had come out around it was like Christmas Eve and I was at home in Barry's Bay with my family and I was like and it was it was like and it felt like a very professional sounding review too and it was like this is unimaginative unimaginative and this that the other thing and it was so devastating I was like oh people are going to hate this book.
And I've really struggled with it. I used to sometimes go on... My second book, I had so much imposter syndrome writing. And both births have suffered with postpartum OCD. And so my anxiety is super bad. So I was writing it in this bad mental state. And I felt like I couldn't do it. Like the first book had been a fluke and everything was going to blow up.
And I've really struggled with it. I used to sometimes go on... My second book, I had so much imposter syndrome writing. And both births have suffered with postpartum OCD. And so my anxiety is super bad. So I was writing it in this bad mental state. And I felt like I couldn't do it. Like the first book had been a fluke and everything was going to blow up.
And I've really struggled with it. I used to sometimes go on... My second book, I had so much imposter syndrome writing. And both births have suffered with postpartum OCD. And so my anxiety is super bad. So I was writing it in this bad mental state. And I felt like I couldn't do it. Like the first book had been a fluke and everything was going to blow up.
And, and like, when I'm in that kind of bad place, I like to try to like prove to myself that things are not going to go well, or, or it's like, if, if I can think of all the bad things that could happen, maybe like, it'll be okay. And I would like purposefully look at bad reviews. Really?
And, and like, when I'm in that kind of bad place, I like to try to like prove to myself that things are not going to go well, or, or it's like, if, if I can think of all the bad things that could happen, maybe like, it'll be okay. And I would like purposefully look at bad reviews. Really?
And, and like, when I'm in that kind of bad place, I like to try to like prove to myself that things are not going to go well, or, or it's like, if, if I can think of all the bad things that could happen, maybe like, it'll be okay. And I would like purposefully look at bad reviews. Really?
So I feel like that's relatable. But it turned out well for you? It did. And I've stopped doing that. I've stopped doing that. I did not do that with One Golden Summer. I don't seek out
So I feel like that's relatable. But it turned out well for you? It did. And I've stopped doing that. I've stopped doing that. I did not do that with One Golden Summer. I don't seek out
So I feel like that's relatable. But it turned out well for you? It did. And I've stopped doing that. I've stopped doing that. I did not do that with One Golden Summer. I don't seek out
reviews they come they come to you like they're all in your and I let you know right now this is publication day for me and there's so there will be so many like happy like reviews and comments and it and it's and it's wonderful but at the end of the day it doesn't um it's not for you they're like these reviews are for the readers and for the community of readers and it doesn't help you as an author either um to have all these opinions in your mind you have to be so
reviews they come they come to you like they're all in your and I let you know right now this is publication day for me and there's so there will be so many like happy like reviews and comments and it and it's and it's wonderful but at the end of the day it doesn't um it's not for you they're like these reviews are for the readers and for the community of readers and it doesn't help you as an author either um to have all these opinions in your mind you have to be so
reviews they come they come to you like they're all in your and I let you know right now this is publication day for me and there's so there will be so many like happy like reviews and comments and it and it's and it's wonderful but at the end of the day it doesn't um it's not for you they're like these reviews are for the readers and for the community of readers and it doesn't help you as an author either um to have all these opinions in your mind you have to be so