New Interview with Me on Awesome Gang
Awesome Gang has posted a fun interview with me on their site -- I love it! Here's a tidbit from it for new authors. Plus, here's the link: http://awesomegang.com/travis-neighbo...
"Do you have any advice for new authors?"
Keep writing no matter what anyone tells you. When you try to get published by traditional publishers and through agents, be prepared for people to love your writing, but not necessarily love the work you’re offering up. Just keep writing. Don’t let their criticism get into your head in a negative way; take a good, hard look at what they’re saying and decide if you can use it to improve your work, or if you need to chock it up to their own, subjective opinion and ignore it. Remember that you know best whether your work needs to be changed. Also, whenever you read a book that you feel strongly about (love or dislike), pick it apart to figure out exactly why you feel that way. Other authors are the best teacher for writers.
"Do you have any advice for new authors?"
Keep writing no matter what anyone tells you. When you try to get published by traditional publishers and through agents, be prepared for people to love your writing, but not necessarily love the work you’re offering up. Just keep writing. Don’t let their criticism get into your head in a negative way; take a good, hard look at what they’re saying and decide if you can use it to improve your work, or if you need to chock it up to their own, subjective opinion and ignore it. Remember that you know best whether your work needs to be changed. Also, whenever you read a book that you feel strongly about (love or dislike), pick it apart to figure out exactly why you feel that way. Other authors are the best teacher for writers.
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