Via Ryan Toxopeus.
I don’t know about you, but if my first draft is vaguely coherent and resembles a novel in the way that, say, Swamp Thing resembles a human being, I take the win.
Originally shared by Nicola Smith
Sage advice from a Hugo-award-winning, million-dollar-book-deal author:
Mike Reeves-McMillan lives in Auckland, New Zealand, the setting of his Auckland Allies contemporary urban fantasy series; and also in his head, where the weather is more reliable, and there are a lot more wizards. He also writes the Gryphon Clerks series (steampunk/magepunk), the Hand of the Trickster series (sword-and-sorcery heist capers), and short stories which have appeared in venues such as Compelling Science Fiction and Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores.
Not to mention, you have to build the thing before (or while!) you’re applying the first coats of paint. It’s a wonder we ever finish.