By Brendan O’Mearahttp://twitter.com/brendanomeara
This is a tough one. This is a real tough one.
When do you quit a project? A book?
The greatest lesson I learned from my MFA program was when a mentor told me that my book was basically unpublishable and that it’s time to move on.
That stung.
So I did move on.
And published the next book.
It might be that once you’ve given it everything, that everything isn’t enough, so you must move along.
That book you keep failing to sell might be an anchor keeping you in harbor. Just because you pull up anchor doesn’t mean the anchor is gone. But until you pull up, you’ll never move.
Quitting isn’t forever, but only you can tell when you’ve exhausted your efforts. Quitting isn’t for losers. It’s for those who realize there’s far more to do.
