5 Word Answers with C. Lee Mackenzie!

C. Lee Mackenzie is the author of SLIDING ON THE EDGE, a YA about a down on her luck teen who is abandoned by her mother in Vegas-- and ends up on a horse ranch in Northern California, where her troubles follow her. I seriously  MUST learn more about her answer for #5. 

1) What's one piece of advice you'd like to give other writers?
Don't give up.

2) What's one thing you bought with your advance money?
A website.

3) What's one thing that's surprised you about the road to publication? 
All the marketi