Author Melanie Benjamin Reflects on the Pleasures and Perils of the Writing Game
As a person who, in real life, doesn’t like change (I’ve driven the same kind of car for decades), I’m proud that my ability to pivot has saved my writing career more than once. My first two published books were duds. I say that lovingly. I had a very tough time staying published. So—pivot! I changed my name, I changed my genre. It worked for me, as my goal, then and always, is to have a career, not a one-off. It’s a marathon, not a sprint; I tell myself that daily. And after having pivoted into writing historical fiction, …
