Lily Wildhart's Blog - Posts Tagged "first-post"

I feel like my first post should probably something profound... but thats just no who I am as a human. All of my best and flowery words end up in my books. Real life talking or writing... That's probably one of my biggest weaknesses. Truly, I'm awkward as hell.

This week, I started tearing my first novel apart and putting it back together again, ready for it to go to my editor. It was probably one of the most stressful things I've ever done. The idea of tearing apart something I built, that I'd spent so long crafting-- well, it wasn't exactly my idea of fun.

But from the ashes, I rise.

So I'm rebuilding, and I will rise. What nobody ever tells you about being an author is just how much work it is. What the mental toll is.

Would I change my life, and do something else? Do I regret my dreams? Hell no, because the only people that fail are the ones who gave up. I have zero intention of ever doing that. I worked really hard to get to this point, and now I'm here, working my ass off to live my dream. I won't stop that, or give it up for anyone.

I'm not really sure what the point of this entire rambling was, but I guess, I just want to say that if you feel this way too, you're not alone. Don't give up. Some people might think this path is easy, I'm here to say I see you, and I know its not. But its definitely a path worth traveling.