When Your "Best" is Good Enough

Kelly made a post last week that talked, among other things, about writing the best book you can right now. While I agree with that sentiment, I want to add a caveat:

Yes, you need to write the best book you can right now; but you also need to know when it is good enough.

Look, a book can always be better. Tighter, smoother, cleaner. There are always scenes that could use another pass, lines of dialogue that could use tightening, details that can be honed, characters that could "pop" more. Ther...