Kane Edwards asked Lee Allen:

Hello Lee. What childhood fear is holding you back to this day?

Lee Allen It is perhaps natural for anyone who creates something to, at times, be plagued by doubts as to whether it is good enough, or to become convinced it will be misunderstood or hated. There are times when I am visited by Imposter Syndrome, and feel as if everything I've ever written is terrible and whatever project I'm working on at the time will never be good enough.

Authors, and particularly indie authors, are often responsible for their own promotion. Marketing is challenging and self-promotion can be particularly discomforting. Social media in some ways makes it far easier, and in other ways more difficult.

As a child, I was often afraid of not being good enough, in so many scenarios, from many perspectives. To some degree, this is natural. Perhaps this may be the fear that follows me to this day - the fear that I or my work will not be enough. With every book and even every blog or social media post, there remains that niggling doubt in the background.

As to whether I allow it to hold me back, I feel that I am successfully fighting it and keeping it at bay. Each battle won gives you a thicker skin and a more fierce resolve to never give up.

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