[AndrewWarner]

This isn't negative. It's a great comment.

I think there's more to my interview than your short summary. For example, Michael made a mistake that's common to people who start with their own pain, so he pretty much had to scrap a whole year's worth of work.

What he learned was that he -- as an author -- was experiencing a ton of pain when he submitted to manuscripts to publishers. But the pain wasn't caused by the way he submitted his work to them. It was caused by the way their processed what he (and other authors) sent.

The cure for this was to have outside conversations. Picking the right person to talk to is a whole other part of this interview, but I won't get into it here. I don't want to recreate the interview.

[asdf333]

I personally really enjoyed the interview. It was refreshingly honest to hear about his struggles and it was a good reminder as to how much work and dedication it takes.

Some really great quotes about what kind of competition he's most afraid of.

Really thoughtful interview.