Find a Mentor
When I first heard my friend Rachel speak at a women’s networking brunch, she seemed unattainably cool and accomplished—she had two books under her name and a killer résumé. Rachel had so much going for her that I wasn’t sure if she’d want to chat with an aspiring writer, but I approached her anyway, attempting to strike up a conversation. To my surprise, she agreed to meet with me one-on-one, and before I knew it, we were brainstorming writing projects over dinner and swapping stories about our editors.
