Key to success

The website promo for the Banff Writers Conference tells me, "The key to success is NETWORKING, MARKETING, AND PROMOTING." Gee, and all along I thought it was WRITING. Guess I've been wasting my time. 

BTW, speaking of writing, Chapter 2 of my novel about Christians and Muslims fighting for old Constantinople is now up at the Copperfield Review. Click on "Fiction" and check out "The Palace Garden." You get to see the author in drag; I impersonate a not-quite 15-year old princess. Any of you who are now or at one time have been 15-year old princesses (I know you're out there), please let me know if I've got it right.