While looking into the traditional method of finding an agent, getting into a publishing house and becoming a legitimate author, I found myself floating in a sea along with other wary travelers. Bobbing around in the cold, dark waters, our limbs feel numb. We look as others around us are scooped up into the life [...]
Tag: Perseverance
What Destroys Us, Creates Us
I was thinking the other day (novel idea, right?) and wondering if I could pull off time travel, would I go back and change anything? I'm sure if you are a creative thinker, you have had the same notion. Immediately, I think to the hardships I endured, the people who treated me badly and the [...]
This is Not the Job for You…
How many times have you considered giving up? Thinking this hobby will only be just a hobby? I personally wonder each day whether or not this is indeed a sound idea or a simple folly I have been entertaining the past few years. But then, each day I am reminded of what it would be [...]
Just Keep Swimming
That little fish, Dory, had it right. I've got 3 decided "no's" thus far and each one feels like a tiny weight is being added around my ankles. Treading water gets tiresome when you can't see anyone willing to rescue you. Just keep swimming, as long as you can keep a breathe hole above the [...]