I'm trying to hang onto enough of the delusion that what I write is good and that someone else will love these stories enough to buy them. Right now I'm choosing to call that faith.
Every single book, every single story, is an act of faith, I think. It seems to require less faith -- from the outside -- if the person struggling with it has already been published, but on the inside, it's not that much different (having done both).
As long as you don't give up, and you still struggle, which you do, you will get there.
Of course, once you do, there's a whole bunch more 'there' that wasn't as obvious, but by that time, you'll be used it.
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Date: 2009-04-22 03:35 am (UTC)Every single book, every single story, is an act of faith, I think. It seems to require less faith -- from the outside -- if the person struggling with it has already been published, but on the inside, it's not that much different (having done both).
As long as you don't give up, and you still struggle, which you do, you will get there.
Of course, once you do, there's a whole bunch more 'there' that wasn't as obvious, but by that time, you'll be used it.