In order to persevere, I need to hear stories about writers who sent in 1000000000000 MSS and finally sold one for .05 cents a word to a magazine nobody ever heard of. That’s the commonality present for most of us.

Susan mentioned the need to hang in there while our nonwriter friends are asking why we’re not in the latest issue of Atlantic or in the B&N window. We also have to hang in there while reading all the Twitter and Facebook notes about other writers heading off to gala openings while our MSS are still in the limbo of submissions to Agent X and Publisher Y.

Thanks for your post. It helps us stay focused.

Malcolm

Thank you. If you read much by or about me you’ll find that I harp on the passion thing all the time. If you don’t write what hurts, what inspires, or what keeps you up at night, you are just pedaling a bike without a chain….thanks for stopping by!

David

You have to persevere in both arenas. You have to keep putting your work in front of those who can bring it to the world – publishers and editors – and you have to keep writing and working no matter what is going on in that first arena…keep the faith in other words. Thanks for reading!

David

I always question the writers who are persistent with their work but nothing else. They query 5 agents and then stop. They don’t follow through on marketing. I always think, “If only…” which is something I never want to think about myself. I want to tackle all the if’s in life so therefore with writing and everything else, I live completely without regret, but with passion, hope and drive.

The hard thing is finding an agent and some publishers to share your enthusiasm.

David

David