So I’ve posted before about struggling to finish this behemoth of a book and pushing back TLM3. Since then, I’ve been able to really let myself breathe enough to actually think...and to be creative. That bit of space has meant everything for figuring out some of this book...

But the whole time, it has felt like failure. FAILURE. That I couldn’t just push through. That I was letting everyone down. That I was letting *myself* down. And my poor, poor editor, brilliant as she might be. Mostly, I’d get over it, but then I would see...

Someone who was writing two books at a time, someone balancing multiple books and a full time job, someone who made being super productive look easy...doable. And then the doubts would set in...again. But I went to NCTE this week, and I got to do a signing, and...

I had a chance to meet some amazing readers and teachers. But I also got a chance to see my publisher (it’s been a few years) and talking with her made me so grateful that I’m with Pulse and the whole S&S team. They’ve been SO good to me and my career, and this weekend...

was a great reminder of how lucky I am to have great people publishing my books—people who believe in this story and series, and in my writing. Anyway, it put some
things into perspective for me and made me even more grateful than I already am to be where I am.

And I hope that if *you’re* someone struggling with feeling like “enough” in this industry, I hope you can surround yourself with people who build you up and let you know that you’re on the right track. And that you’re more than enough. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Purple heart" aria-label="Emoji: Purple heart">