For years I told myself I needed certain things in place to become a writer. Life experience. Money. Maturity. A unique story. Chances are, you’re telling yourself something similar. I’ll be a writer when I’ve landed a publishing contract. I’ll be a writer when I’m famous. But there’s only one thing that makes you a writer- writing. It’s the persistent, …
When To Let Your Baby Go
Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. When I wrote my first novel I was so excited to have written my story, and I was sure I was on a winner. But I made a rookie error- I sent the book to publishers way too early. I had missed some crucial steps in the writing-editing-publishing continuum, which I …