When Failure is a Gift
I wanted, for many many years, to be a mystery writer. Finally I
wrote a mystery novel. I got a best-selling novelist to be my
mentor and help me with the rewrite. I got an agent. They sent
the book out. And sent it out. And sent it out. And it went
nowhere.
I tried writing another book, and my mentor told me to dump it
and start a third book. I did, but couldn