"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to."
George E. Allen
Publisher and Author
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My friend Nancy Haddock didn't know when to quit. After writing steadily for thirteen years, she sold a three-book series to Berkley. (Not that she has mediocre ability, mind you.) Sometimes I suspect I might be a person of mediocre ability. But I'll never quit trying to make the NYT Bestseller List. They'll have to pry my cold, dead fingers from the keyboard.
Briefly,
Kara
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2 comments:
Thank you for writing this blog today. I woke up having one of those mornings -- the kind where you start to question your writing abilities, your current WIP, just everything. This was just the boost I needed! :-)
Annette--
I think we all have those days! For me, usually it comes after a rejection of some kind, or when someone has criticized me.
Which gives me an idea of what to blog about next!
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