Putting things in perspective — via Russell Blake

A hugely successful indie author, Russell Blake, summarizes the ways it just ain’t easy here:

http://russellblake.com/things-ive-learned-to-myself-as-a-newbie-writer/

I especially appreciated this:

That’s different than I thought when I started out. I kind of hoped that the old canard that you wrote a great novel, sold it to NY, and then sat back and got rich, was true. That you only needed to produce a little work over the years, and could devote lots of time to thinking great thoughts, tra...