Confessions of a Doormat Author

[metteharrison]

Once upon a time, I was the perfect author for all my editors. When they sent me letters, I dealt with every query. I didn’t always fix things the way the editor suggested, but I satisfied my editors questions about projects. I made sure that my book was something my editor felt they were part of and that they were proud to sell. I wanted to be the

Comments

[olmue]

I think there are two really big things to learn as a writer:

1. To listen to critical advice.
2. To plug your ears to critical advice and stick to your guns.

Knowing when to do what is the tricky part. :) (But yes, sometimes you can get so good at #1 that you forget that #2 is important. So good for you.)