Author Phyllis A. Whitney died on Friday at the age of 104. In her book “Guide to Fiction Writing” she wrote:

Never mind the rejections, the discouragement, the voices of ridicule (there can be those too), work and wait and learn, and that train will come by. If you give up, you’ll never have a chance to climb aboard.

Amethyst Dreams, her last book, was released when she was 94. Find out more about her extraordinary career here and here.

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