Pushing on and BookTrailer

There comes a point in almost everything I work on when I want to give up. I want to quit. I think to myself, this will never work. I think to myself, what is wrong with you? I think to myself, start over you fool. Quit wasting time.

Actually, this isn't something I just think about writing. I've thought it at other times, too. We all do. But with writing—it happens with nearly every novel I try to write. I'll be writing a first draft in all of its unwieldy and maddeningly imprecise glory ...