yeah...
maybe one day I will write something that is good enough to let others read it... but I highly doubt it will be this project... (and if it is it wont be any time soon)
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That's why I started out somewhere fairly anonymous like Baen's Bar. Just throw something up there and see what people say. It took several years to build up a thick enough skin to be able to take the critisism like I need to. Like everyone i have my good days and my bad days but for the most part I can siphon the good stuff out where I need it.
That said not only did the Bar inspire me to become a write, in part thanks to some comments over there I took a several year hiatus from writing and focused back on the day job exclusively.
So you've got to know yourself first. However and with that in mind I'd always say nothing ventured nothing gained. You've got to build up a thick skin if you want to get anywhere with writing, unless its just for you and selected friends and family.
Its sad but really and honestly the only way to get better with writing is just simply to write. Like Wordmaker the first full lengthed novel I wrote was the first one I put up for sale. Admiral Who came out april of last year and I wrote most of it over the course of a month (about 80%). That was my first time writing so much and so quickly. You just have to get your back up against the wall and refuse to accept no from the back of your brain.
Regardless just keep plugging away, girlwolf. You'll get there eventually. Just don't let anyone, not even yourself, get you down.
The Deposed King
