Your First Novel Might Not Be Your Debut
I never did find a buyer for the book. Or the next one, either. It was ten years before I got the first check for something I had written and ten more before a novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was actually published.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
That I did keep writing novels after I failed,
Ashley Poston • The Dead Romantics: A GMA Book Club Pick
He flashed thumbs-down. "Miss it, man. It sucks." I was crushed. Here I was, forty-two years old, divorced, childless, having given up all normal human pursuits to chase the dream of being a writer; now I've finally got my name on a big-time Hollywood production starring Linda Hamilton, and what happens? I'm a loser, a phony; my life is worthless,
... See moreSteven Pressfield • The War of Art
I had tried starting a blog during college, called Nothin’ But A Notepad, but it was largely unsuccessful. I never once surpassed more than 100 views on any of my posts.