Persistence requires effort.  I recently spoke to a writer who could not find time to write.

Money is required for everything.  Cars, house, food, office space yada yada yada, to paraphrase a Seinfeld episode.

There is a blind man who sits patiently waiting for donations rain, snow, sun 105 or 10 below he is in his chair besides a local Walgreens.  Yep eventually his will, his persistence will create a break through.

As I have told you, it took 1.6 years to publish Siolam

http://www.amazon.com/Siolam-Black-Western-Darrell-Banks/dp/1515299236/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442695944&sr=1-1&keywords=siolam

Or any of this.

http://www.amazon.com/Darrell-J-Banks/e/B00I33S10C

Be patient, write everyday and well your goal will be