When things don't go as planned

In publishing, it happens a lot, both in big ways and small

I saw this rainbow by chance the other day. Did it appear because something didn’t go as planned? Probably not, but it’s a nice thought.

I’ve said this before, but there’s not much you can control about a career in publishing outside of your writing. The words you put on the paper? You can control that. But everything else? The reviews and reception and …