Your list of fears really hit me. These are all easy for me to hide behind and use as excuses for myself. But when I do, I don’t like me very much. (A gumbling gremlin for sure!)

So I work on changing. Daily. And doing it anyway — whatever it is that day.

I love what Bo Mackison wrote above…

Barb

@ Charlotte – sometimes I get weary with the repetition of the cycle… but maybe that’s what being a superhero means, keeping going even when you feel afraid

@ Davina – an obstacle course indeed… but then as we look back… we can see how far we’ve come… maybe it’s the expectations that keep growing each time we stretch out of our comfort zones?

@ Jeanne – it does. I hope we can all encourage each other to be kind to ourselves… I think that’s part of the key to writing super heroism

@ Bo – what a wonderful thought, so simple and powerful. Thanks for reminding me of the bigger picture – the courage to live out loud, each and every day

@ J A good point about the timing… do you think it’s a question of trusting your instinct till you ‘know’ it’s the time to share?

@ Carol – thanks for letting us know about the book, sounds like a great resource

@ Archan interesting point about using rituals to signal the transitions. For me this post was more about the non-writing side of the work – the decisions to share, promote, seek feedback, get readers, look for ways to get published, hold your book in your hands… it’s what writers want but is also utterly terrifying. (And yes, all too human.)

@ Karen, you know you are one of my all time writing superheroes

@ Janice, it’s good to share the weird and wonderful cast of characters isn’t it?

@ Em, I know, and yet inside us the apparently contradictory fears make perfect sense. Seth Godin’s been writing a lot this week about resistance and the lizard brain – have you seen any of it? I have a feeling that’s a large part of it

@ Tyrean – thank you so much for those words. Your feedback means a great deal to me

Thanks for shining the light on those fears–which we’ve all experienced at one time or another–so we can see them for what they are, put them to rest, and move on.