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Feel Like A Fraud? Give Imposter Syndrome The Middle Finger!
Awesome post! I suffer from Imposter Syndrome and I’m giving it the middle finger.
Does anyone else struggle to celebrate success? Maybe you ran a marathon, got a new job, published your first book, or even your third? Did you celebrate? Or like me, did you brush your last achievement under the carpet? And no, sending a text to tell a friend, sitting down to have a cupper or casually dropping into conversation you latest accomplishments does not constitute a celebration.
So why do we do it? Why are so many of us completely incapable of accepting praise, or internalising our achievements and attributing them to hard work and a bit of sweat rather than ‘luck’ or external factors?
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When the Lights Go Out – In Print!
When the Lights Go Out is now available in paperback!
Thanks to several requests, the Ink Slingers’ Anthology When the Lights Go Out is now available in paperback! You can get all the spooky/Halloween goodness for your bookshelf!
When the Lights go Out is a collection of twenty-five short stories just in time for Halloween. Enjoy thrills, chills, and mysteries. Meet ghosts, demons, vampires, and monsters everywhere from dark city streets to the English countryside. Scares lurk in the most unexpected places and, when the lights go out, no where is safe and no one will be spared.
Of course, you can still get it FREE from ebook retailers:
Smashwords | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Apple iBooks | Amazon
And read great stories like:
- Midnight Summons by Tricia Drammeh
Karen has been a medium for a long time and she’s seen it all. Until now. A late night phone call summons her to…
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Haunted Open House Giveaway Blog Hop
Welcome to the Haunted Open House! Huge thank you and a mountain of candy corn goes to Nancy Gideon for organizing this blog hop. I love Halloween and I'm so happy to be a part of this. Don't forget to enter my Rafflecopter giveaway! Each participating blog is hosting a giveaway, so be sure to visit the … Continue reading Haunted Open House Giveaway Blog Hop
Adan Ramie on Being an Indie Writer
YES to all of this!
Adan Ramie, author of Maladaptation, andConsuming Darkness is a pal of mine, and I asked her to say a few things about being an indie writer.
Hold Your Head Up, Indies
“I’m only an indie author. It’s no big deal.”
“I’m only an indie author. It’s no big deal.”
Those are my words, said to an acquaintance who asked about what I had been up to lately. The words bounced off the insides of my skull like an old bucket down a well. They rang empty and false. In an effort to avoid hubris, I chose self-deprecating humility, and it felt all wrong. It sent the wrong message, not only to the listener, but to myself. Is it really no big deal to be an indie author?
The Humble Indie
For a long time, there was this black cloud over indie publishing that said it was something to be avoided. That’s where failed authors went to lick…
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All I Have to Say 