Is The Writer Ready?
I’ve been writing for a while now. Outside of this blog, little of the writing I have done has reached any audience. I’ve just been putting words on the page. This writing practice has been good for me. The only publishing I have done is through this blog, which means I have complete control over the content of each page. This control can be good and bad. Writing and publishing blog posts is a good way to gain experience in putting my work “out there” for the world to see. Well, at least my little corner of it anyway. My anxiety about having others read my work is much lower than…
Success
How do we measure success? Making money? Publishing that book? Getting that promotion? All of these are measures of success but are they good ones? I believe that each of us must decide what success looks like to us. In the past year I’ve made some changes in my life. I did get a promotion at my day job and discovered another world that I am still learning to navigate. Then I returned to my writing roots and have lit a fire. Finding a balance between the two has been incredibly difficult especially given the measures for success I’ve decided upon. Success means several things to me: 1. Being published.…
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