Can I really have two manuscripts ready for a Halloween release? Maybe, If I work hard at my editing and I find enough BETA and ARC readers. Part of me is excited about releasing another book, but there are so many variables, so many questions – Will people like it? How many people will read it, and like it, and how do I get it out to a wider audience? Can I get my other books out to more readers, before I release these next books in my Witch Wisdom series and Spirit Town series?

Writers’ imposter syndrome is real no matter how old or experienced we are. Not just about writing either. Creatives tend to doubt their ability with many things – being creative, knowing how to do things, making things work…it can be a myriad of self-doubt and frustration. It strikes me that at 56 I should have a better and more effective way of dealing with this.

Yet I still struggle with believing in myself and my abilities.

The answer as far as I have been able to figure it is – Gratitude.

One small word, but with powerful intentions. When we express gratitude for what we have, we are inviting the universe to bring us more to be grateful for. It’s that simple and that complex. I sit here, having spent nearly a day beating myself up for not being able to get my office set up the way I want it, and my garden too – didn’t work out the way I wanted…

Unfortunately, for the next three days I can’t do anything about any of it – we have an appointment to go to. I refuse to spend the next three days being upset, angry, and frustrated about this. I can’t work out how to fix any of it – so gratitude will have to be my friend.

Real gratitude, and I am grateful for so many things in my life. I am so happy and grateful now that I have manifested…(insert here the word of the thing you are trying to bring into your world.) Keep coming back to that – that gratitude – the feeling – the intention.

Everything else aside, I can do this. I am so happy and grateful that I have published some books and that my next books will be out soon, AND that my books will find the readers who will love reading them as much as I have loved writing them.  

Live in the present moment, try not to focus on regret or the past. If you are feeling worried or stressed, a few deep breaths can literally wash away the pent up emotions and the pain.

There’s a lot to unpack in this blog, and I haven’t even started on my series of information about empaths, and witches. Stay tuned for that blog soon.