Writing is hard. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar or made of pure luck. You’re likely thinking, I already know this; everyone says writing is hard. But it’s not just the writing. The hardest part comes after the book is finished. It's the waiting for responses, receiving rejection after rejection after rejection (if you receive a response at all), the grieving as you slide your unwanted novel into a drawer for another day, and the picking yourself up again. Des