On Courage

I've never been a very courageous person. As Laertes says to dear sister Ophelia (Hamlet, Act 1, scene 3, line 43): best safety lies in fear. Of course, with fear, nothing much gets done. There's another saying, quite trite but true: nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Writing takes courage. Courage to put your work out there for rejection. Courage after publication to face the potential of scathing reviews. Courage to act even though you may feel your whole writing career hinges on one decision...