When I started pursuing a career in writing, I got a picture in my head of what success as a writer and author would look like...

So you wrote a book, a poem, a short story — you scribbled something on a napkin. Congratulations, you're now a writer! Now what?

The fearless Wren Thistlewaite called his trusty mount, a badger by the name of Alfric, to a stop...