Seeing Is Not Believing

Have you ever had one of those moments...when you were absolutely certain you saw someone just beyond the edge of your vision, but you knew it was absolutely impossible - because no one else was there.... Five years ago, a young, struggling author sold her novel to a big publisher. Now, the fantasy world she wrote about is in desperate need of an infusion of...magic.

Have you ever had one of those days where you felt so completely amazing, that you were convinced - no matter what happened - nothing could go wrong? Have you ever woken up, having that feeling, and then...Absolutely everything went wrong. When that struggling author sold her book idea to a publisher, she had no idea it would be an international best-seller. Certainly not that there would be four more books released in that series - also best-sellers - or that she would not be allowed to write them.

Writing is a solitary pursuit. Never let anyone tell you different. And they'll try. Believe me. Friends. Family. Roommates. Agents. Strange alien visitors. They'll all try to tell you that they know better than you. But who knows better than the author, that they need solitude to do what it is that they do?