"You think you’re all strong and silent, bro,
but you’re a book with its spine cracked open
and its pages falling free."
- Martin Amis, House of Meetings
For a few job interviews I've had recently, I've been asked about my long term goals and I've been telling them that I want to be published. And that is so sadly true, that my goal is to publish at least one book. Why is my goal not larger? Because I have come to realization that if I'm so afraid of even letting my friends and family read my work than how am I going to let an editor or publisher read it?
I really need to get better about my confidence in my writing. But its hard when I know people who write so terribly and post their so-called poetry all the time. They post it on Tumblr with typos. How can I compete when my competitors are confident enough to post poetry on the internet that has TYPOS?
So maybe I will never have the confidence in my writing to become a published author, but at least I won't post poetry with a misspelled title?
To anyone who reads this blog, how do you find the confidence to do the things you love?
