It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.