Tag: fear

  • Cages

    How often have you experienced the kind of overwhelm that comes from feeling that there are so many things you “should” be doing, and that list is so long, you end up paralyzed and end up doing nothing? I recently finished reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle. She talks about how the cages that society creates…

  • Release Day: Coping, Celebrating, & Cheering

    Tomorrow my first book will officially have it’s book birthday, and go out into the big old world. It’s a tremendously exciting moment, one I’ve worked toward for years, really since I wrote my first novel back in junior high (yes, really, and no, I don’t think I’ll mention just how long ago that was.)…

  • Control What You Can, Release the Rest

    There’s a massive wildfire burning in my province right now that has forced the evacuation of the entire town of Fort McMurray, the largest evacuation in our province’s history. Yesterday, it was expected that the fire was almost under control. And then today, winds turned unexpectedly, and the fire spread faster and hotter. It’s already…

  • Doubt, Fear, And Dark Days

    I am tired. Tired of winter and long dark days, outside and in. Tired of waiting for good news, and receiving rejections. Tired of trying to believe in possibilities and forcing optimism. And of course, when you’re tired, it leaves the door wide open for those buggers doubt and fear. It lets them sneak up…

  • Fight the Self-Doubt and Fear

    Last night I considered how since becoming a mother, I think I may be becoming a better human being … but a more neurotic writer. And I think I know why. See, I’ve found the the truth in the notion that you don’t truly understand fear until you become a parent. At this point, if…

  • Zombies – Arggggh!

    I hate zombies. I do not watch zombie movies. I do not read zombie books. And when my husband watches his beloved “Walking Dead,” I leave the room. Know what my next book contains? Yep. Zombies. Now, it is true that in some ways I may be a bit of a masochist. But I’ve been…

  • Writing Past Fear, Past Exhaustion, Past Excuses

    I write this Friday night as I’m trying once again to be one top of things. We’ll see if it last until Wednesday. 😉 Anyway, I’ve been reading a few great blogs recently about fear, carpe diem, the things that can hold writers back and the things we need to remember so it doesn’t.  And…

  • Beware the Bad Habits: Or, How Do You Hold Yourself Back?

    I think we all have bad habits; part of the human condition and all that. For writing, I think we have a whole separate set of bad habits. Some of the ones that drive me bananas usually have to do with using the muse as scapegoat, and giving into writers’ block, or crumbling beneath fear.…

  • Fear: Are You Holding Yourself Back?

    Let’s face it: very few of us are fearless individuals leaping without thought into whatever the world sets before us. By the time we reach adulthood, most of us are afraid of lots of things – and I’m not just talking actual phobias. I mean the kind of fears that keep you up at night…

  • Decision Paralysis: Or, You’re Allowed to Screw-up

    I’ve been getting ready for the big RWA conference in Anaheim in July, and recently had to make my picks for the “pitch sessions”: one agent appointment, one editor appointment. I’ve done pitches before with a fair degree of success, and in fact, I like doing them. But this year, just the idea of choosing…

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