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joe c smolen's avatar

Nothing like getting cheered on!

joe c smolen's avatar

When I started pubbing short fictions in the literary mags, I began to trust my validity. Last august, I signed a publishing contract with Sterncastle Publishing. That's a new level of trust that I grow now day by day. Can I endure this process?

Maxim Spasskiy's avatar

Joe, you will make it. Keep going!

joe c smolen's avatar

I don't write every day either, unless I'm on a story and I can't stand to wait to see how it comes out. I probably write 325 days/year

Maxim Spasskiy's avatar

Hey Joe, I am sure there is no way to stop your writing when you are on a story!

joe c smolen's avatar

becomes an obsession and all the while, I am terrified of what I am overlooking in terms of what would be even better than what I am so fascinated by today

Maxim Spasskiy's avatar

Trust yourself!