tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post6300085396443027304..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Fear and Writingtate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-5690330053641899972009-10-22T15:59:13.480-05:002009-10-22T15:59:13.480-05:00I always find this point of view so interesting be...I always find this point of view so interesting because it is so different than my own. It never even occurs to me that I am in competition with other writers. I just don't see it. I cannot write what they write, and they can't write what I write. Nobody can take my spot in the world of published authors because, if said spot exists, it is a me-shaped spot. I'm not naive. It isn't that I am some weird, Zen saint, either. It's just how I see it. I think that, in all the arts, all you can do is work your ass off to become the best you can be. Whether or not you get recognition, money, or anything else is pretty much out of your hands. And if you do not get ANY rewards for your work, it is not necessarily a commentary on the quality of your work. Life is just sometimes shitty and unfair. Okay, it is OFTEN shitty and unfair.<br /><br />Anyway, so I'm scared of rush hour traffic, and the mushroom cloud, and Christian conservatives, but not of other writers getting good books published. More good books make for more readers. More readers are good for all writers.Muneravennoreply@blogger.com