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Thank you, that's great advice. Thank you for answering so soon
You are very welcome. Also always remember the number of rejections an author gets is not tattooed on her forehead. It is always about making your current ms the best possible. If I had listened to well-meant advice about what time periods were published, I'd never have written The Gladiator's Honour and I would not now be published. If my editor and I had listened to the conventional industry wisdom in 2006, we would never have done Taken by the Viking -- the Viking period has become a global best seller for my publisher. Sometimes you have to go with your gut.
Yeah, well, my gut has been silent since forever. And I'm not writing because the times I tried I ended up pulling out my own hair and in tears. If it will make me suffer, I won't do it. It's not supposed to do that.
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Thank you, that's great advice. Thank you for answering so soon
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You are very welcome. Also always remember the number of rejections an author gets is not tattooed on her forehead. It is always about making your current ms the best possible. If I had listened to well-meant advice about what time periods were published, I'd never have written The Gladiator's Honour and I would not now be published. If my editor and I had listened to the conventional industry wisdom in 2006, we would never have done Taken by the Viking -- the Viking period has become a global best seller for my publisher. Sometimes you have to go with your gut.
Yeah, well, my gut has been silent since forever. And I'm not writing because the times I tried I ended up pulling out my own hair and in tears. If it will make me suffer, I won't do it. It's not supposed to do that.
