I’ve been rejected by some of the best publishers in the country — some of the biggest and some of the best. Perseverance has been one of the keys to my success. I prepared myself for this career by reading and by refining my craft, but the perseverance has really been the key.
There were times, I’m sure, that I could have quit. I had manuscripts that had been rejected twenty times before finding a home with a publisher. But I keep going and I believe in what I write about and I believe that it’s important enough that someone should publish it. It doesn’t always happen, even now, but I persist.