I spent the better part of a decade writing two novels that did not sell. The first, The Accident, was about a bratty preteen who evacuates Kiev, Ukraine, after the Chernobyl disaster, falls in love with her best friend’s grandfather, and moves to America while the disaster, the grandpa-love, and her best friend’s tragic fall … Continue reading 15 Writing (and Life) Lessons from Finishing Two Novels That Didn’t Sell