The Greatest Fear in Writing

      From the beginning of this blog, I have felt honored and privileged to be able to chat with each of the local people who have succeeded in becoming a published authors.

     They each had a dream and felt that they had something creative to share with the rest of us.  They put a piece of themselves "out there" for the world to see, read and judge.

     Each of the authors that I have had the pleasure of getting to know this year and sharing with all of you, have given wonderful advice that could help a budding author.  They have even shared some difficulties that they had along the way.

     Yet, I would also imagine that each of them saw the risk that people might not like what they had to say in their books, and they were brave enough to go ahead with their dream anyway.
   

     I am sure that for every one of the Jason Foster's, Cano Davy's, Dorothy Stacy's and Rod Riesel's in this world, there are several others who think that the risk outweighs the pursuit of the dream.   

Because deep down, to know that publishing a book also means to know that you will be judged.

And that can be very, very frightening.

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The author that I am chatting with this month knows all about this fear, yet his is lessened by the fact that he is an award winning author.

Mr. Zackary Richards, of the Glens Falls area, has published several books, including two YA (Young Adult) titles, one of which is award winning.

I look forward to sharing Mr. Richard's thoughts about the fear of writing, advice for anyone dreaming of becoming a published author and the bone chilling tales  his YA titles, Frostie the Deadman and High Moon Falls with you this month.

Come back soon, if you dare! 

 Until then . . .

Remember

"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read." 
Abraham Lincoln
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