Bad Writing Day

Writer's group was helpful, but the big, bad book market is so clogged with writers--talented and untalented--as well as fads and frauds, I'm very worried that I can no longer compete.

I came across an article by Dennis Palumbo where he writes: "A dozen nagging, self-mocking thoughts echo in your head: You're untalented, a fraud. You're getting old and fat. No woman (or man) will ever want to sleep with you again. Your life is over."

I'm fighting this negative syndrome.