focus more on the work
13th March 2017 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, writing, KEEP CREATING, publishing, the creative life, Caroline Leavitt |
"I don't think in terms of 'success' so much anymore. Because I know how things can happen: You can have success, and then it can be taken away from you. Then you can have it again. So I just really focus more on the work. I love to write, and that's what I'm going to keep on doing, no matter if I'm published again (or not published again)."
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