I can't go on, by God, I will!--Reb MacRath
PART 1: CREATION AND ELATION On March 1 I hit the Publish button on Amazon for my 11th ebook, and my 4th Boss MacTavin mystery: I know I have a few good reasons to rejoice: a 2-year writing effort has come to fruition...and with this fourth entry Boss MacTavin series has come into its own. Furthermore, I've read that many mystery readers wait for a series to reach four or five entries before they dip in. And three five-star reviews have come in. So I'm sitting pretty, you might think, with plans for a spin-off series that will be simpler to write since these books are set in Seattle. PART 2: DESPAIR AND DOUBT Yet, damned if I'm not in that limbo I always end in between books. All the usual anxieties and doubts and fears come into play once more. And I wonder like so many others: How can I go on? How can I spend thousands of hours on more books-and see them sink without a sound? Am I getting any closer to something like a tipping point--where decade...