Lenna • Sugar Dusted Pages asked Cat Winters:

Did you always want to write, or was it something you discovered later? Have you ever felt like giving up on writing - if so, what helped?

Cat Winters Thanks for your great questions, Lenna! I have, indeed, always wanted to write. I loved making up stories from a very young age, and my second- and third-grade teachers strongly encouraged me to become a writer. I started off writing poems and short stories, and then around the age of nine I began attempting to write novels. However, it would literally take me DECADES before I actually sold a book to a publisher.

Yes, I have felt like giving up. The first time I seriously considered doing so was the month before I received an offer from a publisher. By that point I had tried selling so many books without any luck that the rejections were getting the best of me. I've also considered giving up after experiencing a few different bouts of writer burnout during the past few years. What helps is taking a break and spending some time in the real world, with real people, not characters, instead of sitting at my laptop and worrying about what I should write next.

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