#PublishingReinvented 270 Mindset Book Feedback the Good and the Bad+ Submit A Book To Get $150 of Free Ads in June!

Negative Feedback - Painful, but the most valuable.

From the negative feedback received we are working as a team on the second edition of our Mindset book to expand what was intended as a short overview, a guide, and address the issues highlighted.

Negative feedback is a gift. It allows us to improve.

Here’s what a reviewer said:

“I’ve been interested in writing since around the third grade and over the years I’ve read a lot of books on the subject. I’m always hoping to find a new nugget of wisdom or two, so I was excited to check out The Mindset Cure for Writers from Books Go Social. While the actual name of the writer is not given, the author did state they were a published author with translations and an option deal, so it was clear they’d had more than a little success. And while there is indeed some solid advice, much of it coming from a neuroscience POV. While some points are explored, much of the book felt more like an outline, as if the author made of list of subjects they wanted to explore, but then only gave a cursory overview rather than an in-depth exploration of the subjects. While there’s some solid advice within, the book feels more like a starting point. It does have the advantage of being short and therefore something you can get through quickly, but there are more comprehensive books out there that you might want to explore once you are done with this one. I’d like to thank BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an eARC of The Mindset Cure for Writers.”


”Yes, we will be expanding the guide and I take responsibility for not going deeper,” Laurence O’Bryan. “Hold on for the second edition.”

Positive Feedback - 1 reviewer on NetGalley wrote this:

“The Mindset Cure for Writers is a brief guide to silencing that inner critic and reclaiming your creative power. This guide offers short and long term strategies that can be helpful for anyone who may struggle with imposter syndrome, or feeling stuck in what they do(not just writers!).

A few of my favorite parts included coming up with a structured response to criticism, how to design environments that support belief changes, and establishing accountability systems.

The guide then goes on to include other books, online classes, podcasts and more that can help overcome limiting beliefs.

Overall, this guide could be helpful for writers who sometimes feel stuck, or anyone who is looking to make a positive change.”

So not all bad…but we have to both set the expectations right and deliver something more substantial.

What do you think about taking on board negative feedback?

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