On Being a Late Bloomer by Tess Callahan

Just came across this inspiring post by friend and novelist Tess Callahan. About finding an early draft of April & Oliver, her wonderful novel that was published last year, she writes: "I am not exaggerating when I tell you that it
was awful – not because it did not have potential, but because it was
unfinished, doughy in the center, the third draft of a work that needed
two more . . .
" Read the full post here.

— sdh