It's been rejected seventeen times, rescued once (thank you Nelleke - once is all it took), relieved of thirty thousand words (that's a good thing, really it is), rewritten half a dozen times, and sharpened by an editor who I thought might have better things to do with her time than fiddle about with the dabblings of first-time authors.
How do you write a book? Stamina. If I'd never ridden a few Argus tours or run a few Two Oceans (okay, just the half, but over the years they add up to a full one), I'd never have got there. My advice to other wannabe authors: plan, plan, plan. And then put one foot in front of the other until you hit the finish line.
