It’s the 800 pound gorilla in the room that nobody in the writing community wants to talk about:
Because 99% of the population doesn’t really understand what we do, you may well deal with people who object to your writing.

Today on Middle Grade Minded, I talk about how to deal with the haters.
Don’t wait to be hit by a truck to internalize: Anyone in your life trying to gatekeep you out of writing, either doesn’t know or doesn’t care what’s best for you.
http://middlegrademinded.blogspot.com/2019/09/writing-naysayers-guide-for-perplexed.html