Hi everybody,
I haven’t written here in a few days but I have been writing. I’m working on a book. I think I’ve mentioned it previously. I’ve fought a lot of negative thoughts in getting to the point of starting the book. One of the biggest was that my story wasn’t compelling enough. Who would buy this? Who would pick it up and find it the least bit interesting, compelling, heartwarming, or inspiring?
Silly devil, you had to know I’d figure you out sooner or later. Dude, God’s on my side. That means you lose every time!
Another thing holding me back was just the opposite of thinking my story wouldn’t be good enough. What’s going to happen if this takes off? What if people really are touched by it? What happens next? Can I handle it? I’ve been successful before. My services have been in demand before. What happened after success came? Let’s put it this way – you know the saying, “Everyone gets promoted to their level of incompetence?” That was me and I didn’t want to go back there.
Imagine having both sides of the coin as your internal conflicts. Gives new meaning to the phrase, “Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” How can I be afraid it won’t be any good and afraid it’ll be too good all at the same time? The devil again. He’s a clever bastard. Enough of him. He’s only a problem if I let him be one…
So three nights last week, I wrote. I didn’t set the world on fire with quantity, and probably not quality either, but I did it. Good for me. Time not to worry about who will like it, who won’t or what will happen down the road. It’s time to write…
God bless,