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My Secret Writing Life Is About To End
Even though I have big plans on publishing soon, like as in tomorrow, I’ve kept my writing a complete secret from my family.
Why? I don’t know. Fear, I guess. Fear that they will want to read it, and then not like it.
I have no basis for this. My entire family including my parents, sister and brother-in-law, my husband and kids have mentioned at one time or another that I should write and publish.
Whenever they make comments I just smile. Inside butterflies start fluttering and I want to cry. It means the world to me that they see potential in me and want me to go for it.
But, what if I fail? Will they be let down?
Yesterday my son came over. It’s great having a child who is not a child, but a young adult. We talked in length about my plan to be debt-free and how I’d love to quit working. I told him that first I wanted to figure out a way to make some money from home.
“Mom, write a book. You love writing, I know you do. Get out there and do it.”
The thing is, I’ve been trying to do it all myself. Like I said, I’ve got big goals. In the next four months, I plan on publishing thirty-two episodes on Kindle Vella, two short stories, and two novellas.