editor
“I’ve never been really good at anything. I’ve just been a hard worker.”
After 25 years at Vogue this letter certainly airs some dirty laundry.
Be judicious in your research, invite (and be gracious about) feedback, and remind yourself that your passion for the written word is such that you’d be doing it even if no one ever paid you for it.
Want to hear what this lady gets up to between 6am and 7pm at night?