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I’d Be Published But I Am Afraid of Failure AND Success

No Comments | Posted on 05/1/2013 | Categories: Fear, The Writing Journey | Author: Mary DeMuth
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I’m just scared–and vain. I want this so much! But I’m scared to tell people “I write”, because then they’ll know when I fail. And I’m scared to succeed, too, because then I might turn into an egomaniac and not write for God. Honestly success scares me more than failure. At times it’s really a…

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If you want to be published: overcome your fear of failure

6 Comments | Posted on 04/10/2012 | Categories: Fear | Author: Bestseller Society

I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is living today on cloud nine. Seems a query he sent into a big time magazine has garnered some very encouraging interest. He said, “I was guessing I’d fill a notebook with at least fifty rejections, so this really surprised me.” The cool…

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