{"id":5954,"date":"2021-11-04T12:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:27:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:27:19","slug":"determination-and-perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/04\/determination-and-perseverance\/","title":{"rendered":"Determination and Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not that long ago&#8230;I wasn&#8217;t going to <strong>give up writing <\/strong>but I did wonder exactly what kind of a career I was going to have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been writing since high school, but I only started pursuing it as a career in <strong>2009<\/strong> when I sent out my first story. Over the years, I&#8217;d submit things here and there while running a now-defunct small business selling handmade jewelry and for the last number of years, <strong>freelancing and ghostwriting<\/strong> articles, short stories and books for others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Notes from the Writing Nook\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva.png 1600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva-200x113.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" data-attachment-id=\"5956\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/04\/determination-and-perseverance\/notes-from-the-writing-nook-canva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva.png\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Notes from the Writing Nook &amp;#8211; canva\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/Notes-from-the-Writing-Nook-canva.png\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>But my love of writing never waned, even if I wasn&#8217;t racking up a ton of publishing credits. Still, when everyone else is getting publishing deals and has new stories, novels, novellas and all those other cool things coming out, it isn&#8217;t that strange to feel like you&#8217;re being <strong>left behind<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing there was no way I was going to give up, I looked at my work and set out to fix the things I <strong>could<\/strong> control. My craft. My storytelling ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last few years, I&#8217;ve been taking a ton of workshops (thanks in part to being granted the <a href=\"http:\/\/horrorscholarships.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HWA Scholarship in 2018<\/a>) &#8211; classes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelknost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Knost<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nancykilpatrick.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nancy Kilpatrick<\/a>; a bunch from <a href=\"https:\/\/whatdoesnotkillme.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whatdoesnotkillme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Richard Thomas<\/a>; most recently ones from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kristidemeester.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kristi DeMeester<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gwendolyn Kiste<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/davidcorbett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Corbett <\/a>and soon, <a href=\"http:\/\/stephaniewytovich.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephanie M. Wytovich<\/a>. And each one has given me something to add to my arsenal, a way to be a better storyteller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past year, I&#8217;ve had<strong> 12 short stories<\/strong> purchased for <a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/bibliography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publication<\/a>. \u00a0<strong>Two poems<\/strong>, as well. And <strong>11 pieces of micro-fiction publish<\/strong>ed. That&#8217;s more than all the other years I&#8217;ve been submitting stories combined. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know it&#8217;s natural to compare yourself to other writers. I do it all the time. So if you see me continually posting new publication news, <strong>I don&#8217;t want you to get discouraged<\/strong> if you aren&#8217;t doing the same. We all move at our own pace. For me, it&#8217;s all about knowing in my heart I could never give up writing, even if it&#8217;s taking me longer to reach my goals than I expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t stop trying. Don&#8217;t give up on that thing you want the most. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I might never get a big publishing deal. But maybe that isn&#8217;t my focus. To have<strong> readers <\/strong>pick up my work, to enjoy it, and to <strong>share that joy with me<\/strong> &#8211; that&#8217;s the thing that compels me to get back behind the keyboard every day. The thing that drives me to keep improving. 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