I’m Afraid of Being Honest

Image courtesy of Philip Kirk

When I started writing in public for the first time, I worried how people close to me would react.

What would my friends say if mined our confidence for a story?

What would my mother think if I wrote about sex?

Will people think I’m odd if I describe how I get up at dawn to write and that I sometimes prefer being alone in a small room with a warm idea to the company of others?

I felt like an imposter.

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