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Why Do I Always Feel Like You're Trying To Staple My Umbilical Cord To The Corner Of Your Desk?

Humility Is Not A Virtue In A Writer, It Is An Absolute Necessity.

Today, There Are More Opportunities For Writers In Terms Of Access To Larger Success, But It's More Difficult To Publish A Literary Novel In The Lower Ranges. In Other Words, You Almost Have To Hit A Home Run. You Can Hit A Triple, Maybe, But Nobody's Interested In A Single.

The Story Of Ulysses And Agamemnon And Menelaus, Of Jesus, Of The Good Knight Of Chaucer, Lives In Every One Of Us.

If You Don't Compromise Your Gift, If You Write Each Day As Well As You Can, And Then Submit Your Work And Not Worry About It And Go On To The Next Piece, You Suddenly Find Oddly Enough That You're No More Interested In The Applause Than The Silence. You Don't Hear Either One Of Them. You Can Never Listen To The Naysayers. If You Do You Won't Survive.