Some of you may have already read agent Nathan Bransford's post When Dreams Become Expectations. It brought a lot of "realness" to dreams and their connection to writer happiness. This part of the post was especially interesting to me about what he had to say about dreams/goals: "When you allow daydreams to fill that gap to get you through the tough times, or even when you're just letting your imagination get the best of you, the dreams can gradually evolve into the reason you were writing … [Read more...]
Pre-Published Bliss (Updated)
June 28, 2010 Read Comments
There is one thing that all of my published writers friends tell me: "Enjoy these moments working on your novel while you can. After you're published, everything changes." Of course I'm like, "Whatever dude. That is a nice problem to have." Do things really change when you make the transition from "aspiring" to "published" author? Recently, I've read some blog posts related to this question. Michael Bourret, an agent at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, shared his thoughts in … [Read more...]
