Everdoll Pre-release Thoughts and Everything in Between (a veryyy depressive blog)
OCT.22 2026 Before my first self-published book came out, I’d always wanted to write something, but I never had the time or the motivation. However, life has been really tough lately, and I realized I’d want to be able to look back on this process years from now. That’s why I’m here and writing this… might be tw?: depression, pet loss First off, the ARC process… it went better than I expected. I found 101 readers, and people gave me wonderful feedback. That’s how I realized I’d done something right with my marketing. However, that number was actually quite low, because as people opened the email and downloaded the book, the percentage of those who actually read it kept dropping. Right now, there are only a few hours left until the book is released, but I have 8 reviews. Normally, I’d be thrilled with this number, but lately, I feel emotionally drained… I wonder if I’d be affected if more reviews came in, but I don’t think so… I used to overthink negative reviews for hours, but even tha...