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That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it.

Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will find a way to tell the next story.

I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you.

I didn't think anything I wrote was going to get published. I'm a dyslexic kid who had tutors through college. But I had a very strong impulse to write.