Tayari Jones: Five Things I Wish I Had Known When I Published My First Book

Just knowing that this is not my last time to try takes a lot of the pressure off and allows me to sort of roll with the punches. Every magazine that decides not to cover SILVER SPARROW may very well come around for the next book. I am in this for the long haul. When I look at how far I have come in the last ten years, I understand what it means to really build a career. Baby steps are real progress.