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He meant both.

If I sound intent on crushing your optimism, you haven't been out in the real world yet. I wasn't intent on anything. I was describing real experiences of all my author friends over my 70 years.
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.. and the sad truth is that a traditional publisher isn't going to read your book.
But you have it all figured out, and there's always some miracle story about a new book, so good luck!

Heart27, I was a lot like you 55 years ago. It was just my mother who belittled me constantly. My dad was very sweet, but very quiet, and at the time I was angry at him too, for not sticking up for...