Publishing opens up the vulnerability factor. 
Ahh … the joy of publishing your book. The first … the next. The phone rings. A text is received. An email is requesting the pleasure of your you—your wisdom and insights—that your authordom has generated.
It’s a good thing … and sometimes a tad scary.
Vulnerability.
With the publication of your words … a book … the vulnerability factor is awakened.
You, dear author, are stark naked.
Critics bubble up—poking, preying, covertly envious that it was YOU and not they that didn’t have the guts to put their words on display.
Congratulations.
Are you ready?
Dr. Judith Briles is The Book Shepherd … Publishing & Book Marketing Expert, Coach, Consultant … Author of 43 books including How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders, her memoir When God Says NO, and her historical fiction debut The Secret Journey. Subscribe to her Tuesday and Saturday blogs on her website, https://TheBookShepherd.com.