Thank you, Barbara, for writing on the need to be fearless. I pity the spouses and children who live with a writer. The desire to write, to publish and to reach an audience is like an addiction: exhausting, all-encompassing and only occasionally euphoric.
Great picture, girl. Big publishing it's all about the money. I'm a nobody, but I'd rather have a good beer with friends than write crap to hook people. It all depends on what you are willing to do... and not do. And I think Eliot would agree.
Thank you, Barbara, for writing on the need to be fearless. I pity the spouses and children who live with a writer. The desire to write, to publish and to reach an audience is like an addiction: exhausting, all-encompassing and only occasionally euphoric.
Great picture, girl. Big publishing it's all about the money. I'm a nobody, but I'd rather have a good beer with friends than write crap to hook people. It all depends on what you are willing to do... and not do. And I think Eliot would agree.
I am finding lately that I am anxious for the (what I believe to be) inevitable rejection. After the rejection I can begin again.
Thanks for this! Great points to remember. I “only” got 58 rejections this year, guess I need to amp it up in 2025.