Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.)

Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.)

To me, the act of writing itself is infinitely more important than any success I have achieved through it. Not that I'm knocking success, but after all, I'm the person locked in front of my TRS 80 anywhere from eight to twelve hours a day.

It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up.

I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.