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A beta reader basically told me I should throw my manuscript in the trash.

I ignored them.

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Robert Heinlein has some interesting thoughts on writing for pay, as does Isaac Asimov. One of my Heinlein favorites - "Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells."

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Appropriately, Dean Wesley Smith is a big devotee of Heinlein's Rules of Writing--even wrote a book about them.

And rule # 3: "You must refrain from rewriting except to editorial order."

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