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Maybe This Writing Thing Might Work Out…
It’s been a rough week as far as my writing goes. I struggled with motivation and writer’s block and found myself wanting to do just about anything besides write. For months, I haven’t been able to get noticed on Vocal. Seriously, not noticed, like my words could have been on literal fire and …nothing, nada, zip, zilch. And to top it off, my views here on Medium were down, and of course, that got me a bit surly.
It all got me wondering if this writing thing is worth it and even more, whether I have what it takes to ever turn my words into a full-time thing, you know, beyond wine and treat money.
I wasn’t going to totally throw in the towel, and I appreciate all of my followers, readers and new friends I’ve found through platforms like Medium and Vocal. I guess I was having myself a good old-fashioned pity party.
Well, the pity party’s over and now I feel like a bit of an ungrateful ass. But at least an ungrateful ass with a much-needed confidence boost.
Normally, I check my email obsessively on the days Vocal announces their challenge winners. Today, I didn’t. I was too busy trying to clean my wreck of a house. I didn’t realize the havoc a puppy would wreak on my normally clean and…
