Doubt

Recently, I had one of those moments writers dream of. An agent read some of my writing samples on my blog and requested a partial.

Awesome, right? AMAZING! I was stunned and surprised (and let this be a guide for everyone hoping to draw attention to their work, two tips - 1. MAKE SURE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS ON YOUR BLOG and 2. TAG your teasers!) and then moments later, the elation turned to that most evil of all emotions - DOUBT.

I won't get into what those doubts were, they were the standard fare that I'm sure you can come up with on your own. What I doubted is not the point. The point is that in a moment that should've felt like validation, I was personally invalidating myself.

The important thing is that I realized I was doing it. And 90% of solving a problem is figuring out what that problem is. (Okay I just made that up, it could be like, 78%.) Knowing I was having an irrational reaction helped to tone that reaction down and keep it from overwhelming me and convincing me that before I send anything I need to say, rewrite my entire book in the 3rd Person POV of a snail, and remove all instances of the word "the".

So what to do about doubt? I don't think it will ever go away. It's like the weather. Sometimes it has to rain, but you can prepare for it, and you can know it's not going to rain forever. If you're serious about being the best writer you can be, and creating the best work, then you will have moments of doubt. Even Mother Teresa questioned her faith!

Just make sure that when those moments come you recognize them for what they are - your desire to be your best - take a deep breath and don't email or delete anything until you've calmed down!

V-day!

Happy Valentine's Day from the Sisters in Scribe!

Happy Birthday, Elvis Presley!

As some of you know, I am a huge Elvis fan. I don't keep his toenail clippings in a jar or anything like that, but I am fairly convinced I was his past-life lover.

I won't clutter up this blog with random Elvis photos for your oogling pleasure (you can drop by my personal blog for that), but what kind of past-life lover would I be if I didn't publicly wish him a HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY!!!!

Elvis Aaron Presley

Jan. 8 1935- Aug. 16 1977

see ^ proof!

Seasons Greeting

The Sisters in Scribe would like to wish all of our followers a very

Happy Holiday!

We wish you peace and joy throughout the new year.

Our posts will be skimpy and erratic from now until January 2nd. We hope the above well-wishing will help you find it in your sweet lil ol' hearts to forgive us.

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