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“Not only is it possible to overcome the fear of rejection, but doing so can improve our psychological health too, leading to better social functioning and greater wellbeing. The key moves are acceptance and cognitive reframing: rejection happens to everyone, and can’t actually be avoided. Not only that, but it can be the means by which you learn and become more resilient.”
Why You Should Embrace Rejection :: The Guardian

This really cool calculator shows you how close your book is to earning out (making back its advance so you begin to earn royalties). No one truly knows the number of books that earn out (I’ve heard ranges from 10-15% and 25-30%), but most don’t. Even so, did you know you’re still making money for your publisher once you earn back 50% of your advance? Interesting!
thepublishingcalculator.com 

And here’s the article behind it. 
The Story of the Publishing Calculator :: Medium

More evidence publishing isn’t predictable.
The Career-Making Book Might Be Your Smallest Advance :: Courtney Maum

I’ve learned so much from Susan Dennard over the years. She’s in the process of  organizing her writing posts into primers. Here’s part one.
Following the “Right” Story: The Misfits and Daydreamers Primer Series, Part I :: Susan Dennard

Even more evidence publishing isn’t predictable — this time looking at Belle Burden’s book, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage*, and where it placed on three different bestseller lists when it first released.
A Tale of Three Bestselling Lists :: Publishing Confidential

* Have you read it? I listened. It was good.