From Edie: Heidi Gray McGill shares why book reviews don't define your worth as a writer and how to build reader relationships, gain reviews, and stay faithful to God's calling.
The Review Is Not the Verdict: Why Book Reviews Don't Define Your Worth
by Heidi Gray McGill @HeidiGrayMcGill
What I Learned About Numbers, Worth, and Showing Up Anyway
I joined the one-star review club a few years back. Feel free to clap.
I say that with a smile now, but the first time a reader put it in public that my work was not worth their time, I felt it. Not for long, but I felt it. What I have learned since then is that the review was never a verdict on my worth as a writer or my calling as an author. It was one data point in a much larger numbers game, and understanding that distinction changed how I read those numbers.
