As for authors starting off with the one that sold? Please – that author thinks wayyy to much of themselves. Only you can define what is ‘serious’ in your writing career. For a Mom of 3 that might be 20 minutes a day, to someone else it could 4 hours each Sat and Sunday or five hours six days a week.

When I was still working full time I did the majority of my writing on the weekends – was I any less serious than someone else? (The funny thing is I still do the majority of my writing on Sat & Sun)

Of the published authors I know – let’s say 50, in most cases it was between 5-10 novels rejected before they sold. There is no magic number and no magic key to publication…darn it!

I am also relieved to hear that I am not the only pre-teen budding author who still has her “unborn babies” in the closet.

A published author quipped (when I introduced myself at a recent meeting, and mentioned that I had been writing for years, but this current attempt was the one I would submit) that the organization was for “Serious writers, not hobbyists”. I wondered if ALL published authors started off with the One-that-sold!

Thank You for giving me a boost of confidence!