Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Forty-Four

The Throbbing Heart

by
Alexander M Zoltai

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Joe was a writer.

Well, he did write—hadn’t been published—was totally confused about the clash between “traditional publishing” versus “self-publishing”—had three novels in various drawers; and, was thinking of telling all his friends that he really wasn’t, after all, a writer…

Yet, “something” inside said he was only spinning his wheels, was frozen in fear of failure, spent too much time doubting what he’d written, should slap himself and...