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'This book. . is intended to cover the writing process from the first moment you decide.. that you want to write. . to the 3rd month after publication of your 1st novel, when you get to think. . about whether or not you want to. . devote your life to this writing. . It tells you how to deal with rejection as a process, to see it as a kind of courtship that keeps your mind engaged and your heart from being broken."