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How to Beat the “I-can’t-do-this” Mindset

December 18, 2020 By Jody Hedlund

Recently a reader by the name of Joanne sent me an email and said: “My dream is to be an author someday . . . Every time I sit down to write, fear rears its head and screams at me, "you can't do this," "what makes you think you have anything worth writing?" or more recently, "you won't stick this out so why even try?" So in the end, all I have is an empty page of fears. I wish I could push past … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Insecurities, Jody Hedlund

The Ugly Truth About My Writerly Insecurities

March 1, 2019 By Jody Hedlund

I am currently in MAJOR editing mode. For the past two weeks, I’ve been working through feedback from my editor for a brand new medieval YA series. And I still have a couple more weeks of editing to go!  *As a side note: The novella and three books release this fall! So mark your calendars for the release of the novella in mid-August and the first novel in late August. Once I finish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Editing, Insecurities, Jody Hedlund

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