Whenever I’m asked how to become a career novelist, I think of the motto of the crew in Galaxy Quest, whose response to dire adversity is the rousing redundancy, “Never give up! Never surrender!” If I had succumbed to either of those urges—which arose many, many times during my lean years—I would never have gotten published. Perseverance, resilience, determination in the face of rejection. It’s a common theme, to the point of cliché, but you’ll hear it over and over again when asking for advice about how to make it as a writer because it ...
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