When Inspiration Fades: Uncovering the Hidden Truth Behind Writing’s Silent Pause
Now, instead of writing, I market.
Each morning, I open an Excel sheet filled with 83 rows organized by awards, media, events, membership organizations, podcasts, and writing submissions, each strategically color-coded for tracking. Green signals success, yellow hope, and red rejection.
Only eight items have achieved the green status.
I reassure myself that I’m making progress: 231 Facebook friends, five scheduled author talks, one conference, two events. Is this a dismal reach, or even a reach at all? Yet beneath the color-coded cells another tally looms: self-doubt.
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