What It Means to Have a Thick Skin as an Author

The silver linings of rejections and critiques

By Sarah Zama

As authors, we soon learn it: the thicker our skin, the better chance we give to our story to breathe. Taking that one first step to let people read our stories is exhilarating because it’s when we share them that our stories really start to exist. It is also very hard because we know that readers will start to judge them.

Appreciation is fa…