Perseverance

Well, here's the first post on the blog section of my website. This website comes a few months before my book is due to be published and released. I titled this posting "perseverance" because that's what you have to have above any other trait to be a published author. I have woken up at 5a.m. every morning for the last several years and plugged away at my manuscripts. The first one was really bad and each one has gotten better. Along the way I've sent out to hundreds of agents, editors and publishers all in the hopes of becoming a published novelist. The result has been a massive wave of rejection. Anyone who knows anything about writers, knows that this is almost a rite of passage. You have to hone your craft and keep plugging away. In my opinion 90% of writing is hard work and perseverance while 10% is talent.