Lessons in Perseverance

Congrats, Lindsey, on this fine essay, but also on the publication of Gap Year, which I look forward to reading. When I graduated, way back in 1974, the writing life beckoned (it was the only thing that I was halfway good at), and though I didn’t earn what my friends were making at Morgan Stanley, etc., I have never regretted it. That you persevered is indeed to your credit — and maybe you should take another look at those earlier novels that you set aside. Are you sure, now that you have honed your skills, that they are not worth salvaging?