In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear why it took so dang long to write my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. I share the secret tool that kept me going when I wanted to give up.  You’ll get the skinny on:  Why it took so many drafts How I coped with the difficulty of writing a novel What kept me going even when it would have been easier to give up The creative competency: dedicated persistence! Staying with it even when we don’t want to.