Motivation…

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water.  When you swim, you don’t grab hold of the water because, if you do, you will sink and drown.  Instead you relax…and float.”—Alan Watts

OK, Mr. Watts probably didn’t write this advice for authors. But authors must have faith in their work, that what they’re saying is worthwhile saying. But that’s not enough. That faith builds with your motivation. I see “the water” of our writing lives as that vast ocean of good books and good authors where we...