jackabelle73 replied to your post “WIP Wednesday”

Thanks for posting this… I appreciate your willingness to talk about your difficulties and insecurities in your writing, b/c it reminds me that I’m not the only one. I’ll try to write up my own WIP Wednesday post later, assuming the munchkin sleeps long enough to allow it. Good luck with meeting your goals this month! You can do it! *waves pom-poms*

Thank you for this comment!

I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I read a book which was entirely about the author’s mindset and it had a section on admitting your feelings. It said though that there was a ‘shelf life’ for authors complaining about such things and that people would get sick of it. I always have that in mind, and I feel very self-conscious about posting anything negative/moaning.

Obviously it slips out sometimes, alright probably far more than it should, but seriously only a fraction gets posted. The number of posts I write and then cancel draft, or save to draft and then later delete is crazy. I guess I want to talk about what I’m doing because I’m insecure, I’m filled with self-doubt and I crave reassurance but there’s only so much that can be asked of veritable strangers, and I fear that I already ask far too much.

This creating business is a scary one and it can feel really lonely out there on that ledge, where one ventures when one dares to try.