I had two failures in one year.
In 2019, I had a publishing contract for my inspirational romance novel. Less than 3 months before the release date, the publisher decided to shut down operations and I was released from contract. I am still looking for another publisher.
At the end of the year, I had my first shopping agreement with a producer and his partner, an actor.. My script is a Hallmark Channel type movie and the actor has been in several of them. This was my potentially my first sale and I was excited. But as we all know, the pandemic hit, production shut down and by early 2020, my shopping agreement expired. Like my novel, the script remains in search of a producer.
Despite all this, I 'm still writing and amazing, still have the motivation.
Keep at it. We only truly fail when we give up.