This newsletter began forty chapters ago as a journey propelled by a question: Is it inevitable or even essential that writers suffer? That journey started when I returned to writing after six years away; I had stopped after a painful conversation with my agent that left me believing that my book writing career was over, that there was no place for me as a midlist author anymore. I returned to tell a story that I had long needed to tell, a sad story but one that prompted a joy in writing that I had never before experienced.
Chapter 40: Every Voice
Chapter 40: Every Voice
Chapter 40: Every Voice
This newsletter began forty chapters ago as a journey propelled by a question: Is it inevitable or even essential that writers suffer? That journey started when I returned to writing after six years away; I had stopped after a painful conversation with my agent that left me believing that my book writing career was over, that there was no place for me as a midlist author anymore. I returned to tell a story that I had long needed to tell, a sad story but one that prompted a joy in writing that I had never before experienced.