In this video, author Ron Rash offers words of encouragement to writers and emphasizes the importance of patience. (Rash was in his forties when his first book was published.) Although the publishing landscape may seem discouraging, he says, you go back to writing because "there's something in it that gives you a kind of satisfaction that nothing else in your life does."
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