Talking to you all – but especially writers! – about the perils of seeking external validation, how the publishing industry is particularly challenging this way, and why “moving the needle” is a useless metaphor.

RITA ® Award-Winning Author of Fantasy Romance
Talking to you all – but especially writers! – about the perils of seeking external validation, how the publishing industry is particularly challenging this way, and why “moving the needle” is a useless metaphor.

I’m suggesting creators reframe our expectations for success and the sense of urgency to *make* things happen – instead we can bide our time while we continue to create and let the world come to us.

I kept quiet-ish on this and waited until it healed to take a photo. But I got my first tattoo!
If you haven’t been keeping score at home, it’s the feather from THE MARK OF THE TALA cover. Having that book come out, and how wonderfully the whole series has been received has been a watershed for me.
So this is how I commemorated this year, apropos as it comes to a close.
Who knows what 2015 will bring?
Happy turn of the year to you all!