

Patience...
Patience. That's the most valuable tool that a writer has. We write with a mixture of blood and ink, and our essence makes it onto each page. Some of us go a very long time between acceptences, rejections pile up, and we begin doubting ourselves. We need what non-writers call, "real jobs" in order to pay the bills, which allows us to continue creating our ideas into the wee hours. Patience. Without it, many writers give up, throw in the towel, bitch and moan, and become depre