I am by nature something of a worry wart...
Everybody knows getting a first book published is meant to be awesomely difficult.
So far the one author, one agent and one publisher who have read the sample chapters have liked them.
I sense a fall coming...
The problem is when I think about the fall I lose the courage to actually invest myself in the writing.
So, I need to tell myself it will all be okay. They will seize the completed manuscript from my grubby, toner-stained mitts, hand me a (miserly) cheque and publish my story.
I believe it and I don’t believe it. Believing it is essential – but dangerous. Not believing it will coat me in protective cynicism, which will unfortunately set like concrete and stop me moving forward at all.
In this situation, faith is the only way to go.
Everybody knows getting a first book published is meant to be awesomely difficult.
So far the one author, one agent and one publisher who have read the sample chapters have liked them.
I sense a fall coming...
The problem is when I think about the fall I lose the courage to actually invest myself in the writing.
So, I need to tell myself it will all be okay. They will seize the completed manuscript from my grubby, toner-stained mitts, hand me a (miserly) cheque and publish my story.
I believe it and I don’t believe it. Believing it is essential – but dangerous. Not believing it will coat me in protective cynicism, which will unfortunately set like concrete and stop me moving forward at all.
In this situation, faith is the only way to go.
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