The Weirdness of Good News

Things went well in __.

So, yeah. Great news! It's an opportunity to work with and learn from people who just move in a different circle of experience. At the same time, it's more work.

I mean, as a result of this meeting, I have literally twice as much I have to get done before September. And the extra work may not pan out, in fact, it is likely that nothing material will come of it.

Oh, but it is a chance that must be taken even then. You never know when another chance like it might appear! And if I flub it.... well, it would have been improbable doing it the normal way anyhow.

On one of those anonymous writer forums, I talked about my situation, and most of the advice was to *not* take the chance and do it the normal way.

Well... that may also be why only one other regular in that forum is making money from writing.

You don't grow as a writer unless you're trying stuff you haven't tried before, and this is definitely something new to me. If you don't reach, why bother? Make me king!
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Published on April 18, 2014 18:20 Tags: ambition, work, writing
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