Emily (I'll be gone except for book updates for awhile)
asked
Ben Oliver:
What is your advice to people trying to write a book?
Ben Oliver
The best piece of advice I can give is to be persistent. I know how difficult it is to receive rejections over and over again (believe me, I went through it for fifteen years!), but those who keep trying are those who generally make it. Don't get me wrong, there's luck involved too: the right people have to read your work at the right time, but you only get to be lucky by not giving up.
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