I diligently shaded in one half of one of the glasses and smugly turned my work in to the teacher. I suspect we were learning about fractions.
We were instructed to color in one-half of the illustration. Each student had been given a piece of paper in class, bearing an illustration of two water glasses. I began to understand the shape and ferocity of my ambition when I was in kindergarten.
Part of me recognizes that I am having a moment, while the more relentless part of me, a part that cannot be quieted, is only hungrier, wanting more. My friends and loved ones tell me that I am having a moment. Articles about me keep telling me that I am having a moment, my big break. The latter book has been on the New York Times bestseller list twice. Both books have received positive critical attention. This year I published two books-a novel, An Untamed State, and an essay collection, Bad Feminist. I think I am having my big break right now. You write and write and write and hope that someone out there will discern what you believe is in that writing, and then you write and hope and wait some more.
You never know when or if you’ll get a big break as a writer.