Hey you! I see you! Toiling away! Biting your nails with worry! Not sure you’ll ever make it/do it again/finish that book/be successful. I totally get it! This writing thing is tough! It’s only for the strongest, most awesome people! Which is why you deserve a gold medal no matter where you are on the journey.

 

Here. I made you some! So stop moping and start celebrating every little thing!  (These are words I’m saying to myself as much as you.)

Got a great book idea!

Started writing a book!

Completed a first draft!

Sent your writing to CPs or beta readers!

Conquered the impossible revision!

Polished your MS to a shine!

Revised even after you thought you were done!

Sent a query!

Got a rejection!

Got a request!

Got a new CP or writing buddy!

Attended a conference!

Entered a contest!

Pitched to an agent/editor!

Got an agent!

Revised with an agent!

Almost emailed your agent seventeen times in one day, but restrained yourself to only two times!

Went on sub!

Got an editor rejection!

Made it to second reads!

Made it to acquisitions!

R&R!

YOU SOLD A BOOK!

Revised with an editor!

Survived copy edits!

ARCs!

Your book has a cover!

Your book is on Amazon!

First review from someone you don’t know on GR!

First trade review!

A starred review!

Book launch!

Survived people emailing you with the errors they found in your book!

Started writing the next book!

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Amanda Rawson Hill grew up in southwest Wyoming with a library right out her back gate, which accounts a lot for how she turned out. Her debut novel, THE THREE RULES OF EVERYDAY MAGIC, will be published by Boyds Mills Press September 2018.