Sometimes (more oft than not) you question the quality of your scribbles.

Was that phrase too long, too obscure, is that a cliché, that tale a tried old trope…

Does the pace work, the punctuation a hinderance or an aid?

Is your tale worth telling, too dark, too cruel – is it new or a poor rehash of other told tales?

Everything is over analysed.

Nothing passes as just face value.

Yet despite the perpetual syndrome of imposters lurking forever in the shadows some scribbling takes place.

Stories are created, adventures are formed.

Yet the validation you require never comes because tales are just never read.

What is the solution?

Clutching your tales tightly to your chest both embarrassed and proud of your work hasn’t worked.

Something must give, something must take precedence, something must fail.

Here’s hoping that belief in the project will succeed, because between me and you (the great empty echoing auditorium of the world wide web) I think that the tales are both worth telling AND worth reading.

Stay safe – remain sane!