Writing Process: No, you’ve just got to wait

“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”

- John Steinbeck, in this awesome 1958 letter

Not everything should be published.

There, I said it. Now before you go:

Hear me out.

THE INNOCENT ASSASSINS, my first book scheduled for publication, isn’t my first manuscript. Oh, there’s been plenty where that book came from. Almost an embarrassing amount, you guys. Lots of rejections, lots of time spent querying, lots of manuscript r...