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<blockquote data-quote="HPResource" data-source="post: 2332232" data-attributes="member: 808865">I know it&#039;s much easier to say than it is to do, but you might have to figure out how to feel happy and validated without publishing this book. It&#039;s time to move on and write another book. Dozens of writers persevere, but they don&#039;t do it by clinging to one story. Instead, they let go and start writing something new, something fresh. It&#039;s not giving up. Giving up means never writing again. You&#039;re just putting this story away. Who knows, your NEXT book might get ridiculous attention from publishers, and you can say, &quot;well, if you liked that, check out what I&#039;ve been sitting on for a few years.&quot;It really stinks when your book is good but nobody takes it, but that&#039;s just the business. Thousands of really crappy books get published, and thousands of really wonderful books don&#039;t get published. It&#039;s not fair, but that&#039;s just how things are. You can&#039;t base your success as a person and your talents by whether or not you publish your first work.I really hope you continue writing, because you&#039;re obviously talented if all these people are devouring your book. But don&#039;t waste that talent by focusing on just one story. Best of luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HPResource, post: 2332232, member: 808865"] I know it's much easier to say than it is to do, but you might have to figure out how to feel happy and validated without publishing this book. It's time to move on and write another book. Dozens of writers persevere, but they don't do it by clinging to one story. Instead, they let go and start writing something new, something fresh. It's not giving up. Giving up means never writing again. You're just putting this story away. Who knows, your NEXT book might get ridiculous attention from publishers, and you can say, "well, if you liked that, check out what I've been sitting on for a few years." It really stinks when your book is good but nobody takes it, but that's just the business. Thousands of really crappy books get published, and thousands of really wonderful books don't get published. It's not fair, but that's just how things are. You can't base your success as a person and your talents by whether or not you publish your first work. I really hope you continue writing, because you're obviously talented if all these people are devouring your book. But don't waste that talent by focusing on just one story. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]

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