Why Is It Taking So Friggin' Long- Ploughshares
via Jen Cross
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“We don’t all, however, want to do the necessary hard work that such emotional tributes usually require. The harsh truth is, for most of us, it won’t happen overnight. Despite the fact that the careers of some very famous and respected young writers seemed to have shot out of the publishing gates with the speed of Secretariat (Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Dave Eggers come quickly to mind), most of us have to wait and work a lot longer for our prose or poetry to be smart and interesting enough for the people who are likely to read and admire it.”
