Tag: anxiety
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A Long-Winded, Meandering Treatise On My Writing
Who knows why, but I keep getting stuck. Maybe it’s anxiety; maybe it’s ignorance. Either way, I go back and forth in the wonderful world of writing so often that it’s a wonder that my head hasn’t snapped off. One second I think I have it all figured out, and the next I suddenly “realize”…
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Cleaning
We like new things, us writers. New pens. New notebooks. New books. Even new WIPs (work in progress). If anything, we love new WIPs most of all. Well… some of us do, anyway. Think of a new story idea like that of a new romance. It’s invigorating. Enticing. Exciting. We stare dreamily into the distance,…
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Am I No Longer Afraid?
To those who might read my posts, this title might come as a surprise. Maybe there needs to be some celebration? I wish that was truly the case. There is a deeper meaning behind the title. Now, I am a big fan of Jordan B Peterson. He is a controversial figure, for sure. It isn’t…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 3 – Expectations
Oh, this one hit me! Unlike the prior entry in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s continuing series on “How Writers Fail”, this one made me pause and think. To fill you in, Writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has been releasing a topical series on her Business Musings portion of her site called “How Writers Fail”. Each essay or…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 2 – Fear
Writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has released a topical series on her Business Musings portion of her site called “How Writers Fail”. Each essay or post focuses on a reason that writers on all levels fail. Given my interest in becoming a professional writer, I decided to run my own series as a response to her…