Getting Back on the Horse

One of the things that is inevitable in a writing career is that sooner or later, you will face an experience that seems to have utterly destroyed your confidence and/or your will to write.

It may be a long-time reader saying that you really blew it on your last book. It may be an editor saying “Well, if you really want to write that, I’ll look at it” in that tone that means “I’m humoring your dumb idea” about the idea you are totally in love with and (until that moment) incredibly excited ab...