Advice to Former Me

I was thinking today about what, if anything, I wish I'd known before I was published. To be honest, I could probably fill an entire book of things that I wish I'd known pre-publication, but I was trying to narrow it down to one statement. If I could tell my pre-published self ONE thing, what would it be?

And it's this: Be wisely afraid.

There are a lot of things that I feel very confident about at this point in my career. I'm no longer afraid that no agent will want to read my work, or that no...