Q&A with Carol Goodman discussion

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Hi Carol!
Thank you for this opportunity to ask you questions! You are ony of my favorite offers and I value your insight :0) Here are my little questions:

1. Do you have any unpublished works that you wrote before Lake and have considered publishing?

2. How many attempts did it take you to be picked up by a publisher? Any advice for finding the publisher that is "right for you"?

3. What has been the most valuable lesson(s)you've learned concerning the writing experience through your years as an author?

1. I wrote two novels before I sold Lake. No, I don't really think about publishing those, although recently I thought about rewriting one (the second one), but it would take a total rewrite. I think there's a reason why they didn't sell!
2. I couldn't get an agent for those two novels (I tried about 20 for each), but I did get one on the third novel. The agent worked with me on a rewrite and then she was able to sell that book pretty quickly.
3. Write what you believe in and try not to think about publishing while you're writing it. The best part of the whole process is the actual writing. The one thing I think I'd do differently if I could go back ten years is that I'd have kept teaching instead of writing full time so I never had to rely on income from my books to make a living. I think it puts a lot of stress on the writing to have to depend on it for an income.

Awesome! Thank you for your responses :0)