CURRENCY's first review

It's a crazy-ass thing to want to publish a book. The work it takes. The struggling to figure it out, to process the criticism, to make it better, make it better, make it better yet after the umpteenth person has said "not quite right for us" or just "not quite." And then if you're lucky enough, and the manuscript gets set and bound, some reviewer—should your luck hold out and you garner one's attention— might dismiss all your efforts in a few sentences. I think I was most terrified of...