I am notorious for subscribing to a magazine and then never opening the cover, much less taking a few moments to read the succinct articles. My problem is that when I start reading, if its something that grabs my attention, then I don’t want the piece/book/story to end…..and inevitably, it ends, way too soon! I’m the same with novels but those are usually more than a few pages long!
So imagine my surprise when the first magazine I do open up to read for the first time in several months has a blurb about a popular blog recently receiving a book deal. Well, that should be great, right? Well, yes. It should be, and it IS, for the couple who are writing it ~ for me….well, it’s a book project I started over four years ago and then set to the side, thinking no one would ever be interested in tattoos and the stories behind the story. Apparently, I was wrong. Very, very wrong.
Fear is such a debilitating emotion.
I was terrified of so many things ~ not being a good enough writer; no one would be interested in the topic; I’d get it all finished and then find out it was put together all wrong, ie – not the correct photo releases and a hundred other things, but when I was coming up with all the reasons for not finishing the book, the one thing I never imagined was someone else having the same idea, and publishing it!
Although I never finished writing the book I began four years ago, I have learned in these past few months not to allow opportunities pass me by. It has been a tough lesson; however, not one I shall quickly forget.
Have you had a similar experience? An extremely icky-tasting lesson that taught you more about yourself and life?
photo credit: Rachel Awes
Happy Weekend Lovelies!
