Inspire and Believe

I'm going to share my writing story, and I hope you are inspired.  I hope to be a role model for others because God knows I've needed one in my weakest moments.  And there are still many weak moments. 

I can call myself a writer - freelance, no doubt, but a writer.  I couldn't always do that.  And it's still my dream someday to be referred to as an author, but only time can tell.  My love is fiction. When I write and create characters, make-believe and often very real in my mind, I lose myself.  I can be whoever I want to be.  I can be anywhere I want to live.  My mind is a maze and the readers can follow.  But to get to where I need to be, I write nonfiction. It's a way of life for me right now. 

Wow, have I been used. I've written for companies, only to find out they are scams later.  I've worked for two months and didn't get paid.  I wrote for a magazine that didn't exist.  Should I have given up? No way!  What I intend to do is learn from my mistakes. 

My writing career has been one difficult road after another. I've looked everywhere for an agent and have come up with noone.  Sound familiar?  So many writers know and live my story.  But how frustrating it is.  To have a dream that may never be fulfilled. 

However, if there is one thing I have learned, it's never give up.  No matter how many miles I have to go, I will not give up.  Someone told me at the beginning of my journey, "you have to have thick skin to make it in this business." They were absolutely right.  By now, I should be an armadillo. 

Never give up.  Because I won't.  We writers have to stick together, and I believe in you.  You just have to believe in yourself.