Glad to see your post Dotsie. Maybe the boomer writers on here can help me out too.

You see, I wrote a lot as a young person and published pretty much everything I submitted. At thirty something I decided to pursue a graduate degree. I started out for an MBA and was so bored that I changed to Creative Writing.

I got the degree, but in the thesis process I pretty much lost all confidence. My thesis was a play that got a financial backer from a preview and was performed to packed houses around the Southwest and was on radio and local TV, but the professors tore it, and me, apart.

I've written quite a bit since then, but can't seem to submit anything that has not been commissioned or somehow requested first. I can't seem to stop editing (Even my posts on here are almost always edited at least once and that's after repeated edits before posting)

Several years ago I wrote a novel about a divorced middle aged woman who becomes involved with a much younger man. He turns out to be an addict, but they travel cross country together in a classic red Jaguar convertible encountering adventures and developing a relationship along the way. It's kind of funny and also pretty sad and sometimes frightening, but it ends with hope. I call it a mid life coming of age story.

Anyway, I can't seem to send it off. I try, but I just keep editing and it never goes anywhere. Maybe it's just now ready.

How do you stop editing and risk rejection?

HELP!

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