The old saying has it that a prophet is never recognized by his own kinsmen. In fact this happened even to our lord - Jesus Christ.
If you think that your own folks cannot separate the chaff from the corn you're wrong. If you assume that people who know you well will not care for your books, you are wrong again.
My big brother whom we call 'Doc' is a professor in Linguistics and speaks about 6 major world languages fluently, recently spent part of his holidays visiting with me in the Windy City.
I had never bothered to talk with him in detail about my array of works, due to our busy schedules, and in part because I had the old school opinion that close friends and family are your worst critics.
After having the opportunity to read some of my dozen or so novels, my own brother has turned out to be my number one fan. He was quite impressed and is now one of my leading promoters.
So, folks, please never presume the opinion of your close friends and family.
Just let your work speak for itself to everyone.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. :)
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