How It Feels To Have Your Book Out There In The World

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Channel: The Creative Penn · 2011 · Education

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This is an honest discussion of how it feels to finally have a novel out there in the world! I talk about the highs in terms of Amazon rankings and also the lows, the fear of criticism and judgment, exhaustion and the low cycle of creativity. It's important to recognize the writer's journey is complicated. My novel, Pentecost, was later re-published as Stone of Fire by J.F.Penn https://jfpenn.com/book/stone-of-fire/

For an updated video about self-doubt, check out: https://youtu.be/5IZGohqr-SU

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