Overconfidence

Last month Nathan Bransford wrote a post centering on five lessons that he has learned about writing from watching reality television.  It's an amusing and insightful piece, and I thought his first lesson was the most pertinent:

"Overconfidence is your greatest adversary." 

As a published author, I have received many requests from fledgling writers asking for help in the publishing world.  I often find this shocking considering how much I still need to learn and how relatively...