Tweet 1.  That you need be thick-skinned to handle a mind-blowing number of rejections but be thin-skinned enough to be an observant, sensitive, intuitive and honest writer. 2.  Publishers can get away with a lot like promising to pay you and then suddenly disappearing into thin air. 3.  That you need to have an insane amount of faith (comparable to the number of rejections you receive). 4.  That this would be the best and yet the hardest job of my life.  I’m talking 10 hrs a night and weekends. 5.  That you need to be good at everything (marketing, accounting,…