I believe in myself. When all`s said and done I suggest that I know myself better than I know anyone else and better than anyone else knows me. I believe in my work and I know that even because oftentimes writing can be an extremely thankless task I love doing it. Long periods of frustration , apparent -and I stress apparent- lack of interest in my writing by anyone other than myself, losing the plot both figuratively and literally , and endless self publishing and marketing of said books.
At the end of the day it can be tiring , can be full of disappointment or encouragement depending on sales and general interest from readers, and with another day ended of constant social media blogging and marketing a sudden realisation that you really have to grab a coffee, a fag, and finish that chapter that need to be finished. So you right three if the writing flows.
And guess what? That tiredness and feeling of loneliness and disillusionment is replaced by a fully replenished self confidence, a familiar feeling of accomplishment, enjoyment, and lack of tiredness both mental and physical.
And I realise afresh that I write and self publish because I love the job. It`s what I do. I will get there wherever "there" ends up being!