IWSG Monthly Blog for May

Posted bySusanne MatthewsPosted inUncategorized

 I wasn’t sure that I would be able to post this month, but the surgery went well and I ma quite mobile, far more than I was before the surgery. Not a bionic hip,but a titanium one that will probably outlast me.

May 7 question – Some common fears writers share are rejection, failure, success, and lack of talent or ability. What are your greatest fears as a writer? How do you manage them?

My greatest fear is failure. Not failure to finish the book I’m writing, but failure to write something worth the time it takes someone to read it. That whatever I write is just junk. I suppose that is essentially a fear that I lack the talent it takes to be an author and won’t entertain or touch the reader in any way.

How do I cope with it? I suppose by reminding myself that I will never be able to please all the people all the time, but if I don’t try, I will fail, because as Wayne Gretzky said, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. So, I’ll keep taking my shots and hope for the best.

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Published by Susanne Matthews

Hi! I live in Eastern Ontario. I'm married with three adult children and five wonderful grandchildren. I prefer warm weather, and sunshine but winter gives me time to write. If I’m listening to music, it will be something from the 1960s or 1970s. I enjoy action movies, romantic comedies, but I draw the line at slasher flicks and horror. I love science fiction and fantasy as well. I love to read; I immerse myself in the text and, as my husband says, the house could fall down around me, and I’d never notice. My preferences are as varied as there are genres, but nothing really beats a good romance, especially one that is filled with suspense. I love historical romance too, and have read quite a few of those. If I’m watching television, you can count on it being a suspense — I’m not a fan of reality TV, sit-coms, or game shows. Writing gives me the most pleasure. I love creating characters that become real and undergo all kinds of adventures. It never ceases to amaze me how each character can take on its own unique personality; sometimes, they grow very different from the way I pictured them! Inspiration comes from all around me; imagination has no bounds. If I can think it, imagine it, I can write it!

14 thoughts on “IWSG Monthly Blog for May”

  1. Thanks… Glad the op went so well – Lack of talent ? Definitely not your problem, great writing, superbly researched.

    Good reason to believe she was right, but as my long suffering IT department has pointed out, the family expert’s verdict hasn’t stopped me writing. (yet)

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  4. Never let fear stop you.

    And I’m constantly amazed at what they do these days with joint replacement.

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  5. If I’d thought about pleasing other people while I was starting out, I never would have gotten past the rough draft. Once I was brave enough to trust my work to a critique group for feedback everything changed. Proud of you for not letting the surgery stop you – this from someone who wrote around a preschooler and a second pregnancy, wrote on notebook paper and HAND typed on a manual typewriter the entire book, AND had two carpal tunnel and knee replacements. None of those things stopped my imagination!

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  6. Great attitude! Someone will always not like what you write, but someone (and honestly many someones) will like it.

    Glad your recovery is going so well.

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