Quote by Marilyn Hacker

I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.

I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which w

Summary

In this quote, the author reflects on their decision to start submitting their work to journals at the age of 26. The timing was dependent on when they summoned the courage to do so. The author primarily targeted journals that they had been reading for a significant period, perhaps about six or seven years. This suggests that the author took their time to familiarize themselves with the journals' content and style before mustering the confidence to share their own work with them.

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Courage

By Marilyn Hacker

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