A bit of encouragement from my publisher, after I told him I had started over. I can count my visible support system on one hand, and losing a finger or two wouldn't change that, but it's better than nothing, that's for damn sure.
Round Bend Press Books.
I really like this new minor character, a lot of my most radical notions are in him. I can present them without being preachy because CJ can be buffer and counter puncher. Opens up thematic possibilities and a bit of comedy that wasn't there before. CJ meets him in the retirement center. This is where everything went wrong first time around. Now it will be the opposite, turning the narrative in a new layered reality.
The moral is, If it's wrong, throw it away and start over but DON'T GIVE UP. Most of my students never learned that. They quit. Too hard. Yes, it is very hard. And you have to believe in yourself, which is harder yet if you have no track record or experience that stamina works.
Round Bend Press Books.
I really like this new minor character, a lot of my most radical notions are in him. I can present them without being preachy because CJ can be buffer and counter puncher. Opens up thematic possibilities and a bit of comedy that wasn't there before. CJ meets him in the retirement center. This is where everything went wrong first time around. Now it will be the opposite, turning the narrative in a new layered reality.
The moral is, If it's wrong, throw it away and start over but DON'T GIVE UP. Most of my students never learned that. They quit. Too hard. Yes, it is very hard. And you have to believe in yourself, which is harder yet if you have no track record or experience that stamina works.
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