The journey to mastery in writing is a tough one. Like a crawling baby who stumbles, falls, and gets up only to fall again, every writer endures a gauntlet of rejection before tasting the ecstasy of seeing their name in print. My journey was no different. How many rejection slips did I collect along the way? In those early days, I devised a simple test, especially for humor: before sending a piece into the world, I made my mom read it. If it made her smile, it was ready. Most of the time, it wor. Sign in to read more..