I’ve blogged off and on, with minimal success. I published on the now defunct Helium and Yahoo contributor’s Network, and worked for some copy mills (never again). I did some academic writing for a company who advertised for “sample papers”. No, they were selling my work to college students to pass off as their own. Sorry, they can learn to write their own papers.

The thing is that I’ve never really got anywhere. Oh, I’ve made a few dollars here and there, but that’s about it. About the time it looks like I’m going to get somewhere, I lock up. I have to wonder if the doubt (aka mind-numbing, nauseating, terror) short circuits the talent I know I have.

Yes, I know I have it, because every so often I write something that connects with people in a big way. The thing is that those things always come from my gut, and they seem to flow out of me on their own steam. That is the exception though, not the rule…the rule is work.

I have bits of poetry, and ideas for short stories swirling around in my head all the time, but they are just wisps that evaporate almost as quickly as they appear. The ones that do make it paper just stay there, half written. Even when I finish them, those are the things that I am really afraid to share.

Oh, here are the blogs I’m writing now. The first one I write with my husband, who also several files of poetry and half written novels on his laptop.

http://www.oldfolksathomestead.com
http://www.thislittlelightofmine.blog

Hopefully soon I will start sharing my short stories.

Thanks for sharing with us!

It’s different for everybody, but for me, I keep going while I speak.
It’s like there’s an internal battle happening inside my head and I make sure the good thoughts win. And it always does, because at the end of the day, I stood there and gave it my best shot.

How do you combat the attack?

You are!