This is an edited excerpt from my June 2025 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

When I interview writers for my podcast, Living the Writing Life, the last questions I ask are always the same: How do you define writing success for yourself and what makes you feel successful as a writer?

Lately, with the release of my tenth book and third novel, MO...