At this point, I’ve spent a lot of years talking to other writers. Recently, I had this revelation about what keeps a lot of writers from actually completing things and it was this fact, a lot of them don’t take themselves seriously enough. Hear me out and my apologies if it sounds harsh.
Read MoreI’m close to six months post publishing date and it feels like every day there’s a 2022 book roundup that I’m not on. Now, this could launch you into a myriad of feelings. “Maybe my book wasn’t good.” “Maybe I should hang it all up.” But I’m actually happy to report that I’m kind of past that point in my career. It’s not that I don’t have those moments, but they are fleeting. I know I write well. I’ve convinced myself of that at this point. However, I am human, so when moments of uncertainty creep in, I ask myself, “how do I zoom out?”
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