Welcome to this week's episode of Rise. Today we are digging into the last

chapter that we're sharing here from the audiobook of Girl Wash Your Face. This

out of all the chapters I could have chosen is specifically for my dreamers,

for my creators, for my artists. The lie, I'm not a good writer. For years and

years I struggled with the idea that I wanted to make something for me that was

writing books, but I was positive that I sucked at it. I was positive that no

one would ever want to read it. And what I had to learn in this journey from

baby beginner writer to New York Times bestselling author is that I need to

create because I have a God-given ability to do so. You need to create because

you have a fire in your heart and the freedom to make something. How it will be

received by others is not what matters. What matters is that you have the

opportunity to build something and so you should. If you like today's episode I

hope that you will check out the full audiobook available on Audible or you can

borrow it from your local library for free.

Chapter 14 The lie I'm a terrible writer. After I published my first book

Party Girl I would occasionally read every 11 seconds check good reads to see

what people were saying about it. As a massive book nerd who devours online

reviews in order to build my TBR pile it felt so exciting to read other

people's reviews of a book I had written. It was such an incredible boost for me

especially as I fought my way through writing the sequel to see the lovely

things readers were saying. I was driven to tears more than once by some sweet

fan explaining exactly why she loved my characters all as I'm thinking yes

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