Thoughts On The Writing Life

After a lifetime of writing there is only one thing I know for certain.

The fear never goes away.

All the questions: Am I good enough, will people want to read what I write, the fear is like a dark shadow passing over your soul.

Some writers make millions, others can’t pay the rent.

The act of writing is like tearing out your own heart and holding it up for the world to see.

Whether you write at a kitchen table or in an office the size of a museum the important thing is that you write.

The art that you create is yours and yours alone.

No one can take it away from you because it is you.

Do what you were born to do.

Make the world a better place.

Feel the fear and then just go and do it anyway.