Having worked with many writers over the years, I’ve noticed that no matter what most motives us to write–personal, professional, spiritual, or emotional reasons–all writers have difficulty getting free of concerns about how their work will be received. Some of this is justified and positive, of course. It keeps us from publishing work that isn’t up to our high standards.
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The hardest part about writing a novel is to fishish. – Ernest Hemmingway I began this novel when our oldest daughter was 1. I’m still not done. In a month, she’s headed to high-school. When she was done eating, she’d wave her hands and say, “Fishished!” She wasn’t, of course, but that didn’t matter. She had important things to do.
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