Oh, such wise words. I think if you gathered a random 100 published authors in a room they'd have something in common no matter their age, genre, vocab, culture: persistence. Growing the stickability muscles, earning the callouses and the 'go-again' mindset seems to me to be the real lesson of learning to write and submit it to wider readership. :) Tough. Worth it. :) #hopefully :)
Rachel, I realise I never replied to this - I'm so sorry! I do agree that resilience is way more important than toughness, if you like - or, at least, it's a much more useful kind of toughness in the long term than armour plate...
Oh, such wise words. I think if you gathered a random 100 published authors in a room they'd have something in common no matter their age, genre, vocab, culture: persistence. Growing the stickability muscles, earning the callouses and the 'go-again' mindset seems to me to be the real lesson of learning to write and submit it to wider readership. :) Tough. Worth it. :) #hopefully :)
Rachel, I realise I never replied to this - I'm so sorry! I do agree that resilience is way more important than toughness, if you like - or, at least, it's a much more useful kind of toughness in the long term than armour plate...