Goodreads asked Marie E. Bast:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Marie E. Bast Just keep writing and submitting. And try not to take constructive criticism and rejection personal. We all have been there. I took every rejection and read it over and over and tried to learn from it and correct the errors. I entered contest after contest and learned from the feedback from judges and editors, until finally in 2015, I won first place in the category of contemporary in the RWA COFW Ignite the Flame Contest. Have faith, you too can do it.

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