Atlanta Writer’s Club Picnic

The Wino Writer’s will be attending the annual Atlanta Writer’s Club picnic this coming Saturday, June 21st at the aptly named Picnic Pavilion. Find more details at the AWC site. This will be a chance to meet other local writers,
mix, mingle and enjoy some fine picnic fare, so come on and join us!

Doubts Are Traitors

I was recently reading a blog post about Aaron Patzer, found of Mint, and felt that the words he spoke about starting a business mirrored my own feelings about writing my first novel.  Patzer said:

“(I) oscillated day to day between thinking “This is the greatest idea ever!” and “This will never work.  Who am I to take on Intuit and Microsoft?  If this was a good idea, someone would have done it before.” It’s very emotional, and I don’t think people ever tell you about that.  You see your net worth quickly draining, you have no idea what’s going to happen next, and you’re sitting alone in a room with no help, no resources, just your brain and sheer will-power.  When ever I got down, I would listen to “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra, or think about a Shakespeare quote I liked as a kid: “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we might oft win, by fearing to attempt.”

I think this is what most writers go through at some point and I think he’s got it right – when the doubts creep in, stay positive, pick yourself up and move on.