Steve Jobs shared the best of his perspective on life and work in the commencement speech he gave at Stanford University in 2005. There is a wealth of wisdom in that speech, not the least of which he saves for the end, "Stay Hungy. Stay Foolish." He also reminds us that we are all naked, we come in that way and we go out that way, so we really have very little to lose. For me, Jobs' advice and counsel is timely indeed. My manuscript is finally finished. I've handed it off to be reviewed by an editor so that it will be letter perfect when it goes in search of an agent. Talk about feeling naked!
Sending my novel to strangers has me feeling exposed on so many different levels. But I am also hungry for the writer's life and I foolishly believe that "I" can get my book published. So, I am my book and my book is me and together we stride unabashedly naked into the publishing arena with little to lose.
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