Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.
You may have heard of me.
The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.
It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.
Practice makes the master.
Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.