I’m at the end. The last big rush. The dark moment to the end of a very complicated book. I’m beginning to think that’s my author structure, to write very complicated. See, I’ve heard so often over the years: make sure your conflict will last an entire book. Don’t be afraid to heap misfortune on your characters.

I’ve seen often how that means give the h/h lots of little things to stumble over. Or even one defining life struggle, like with difficult parents or a personal tragedy. Sometimes this is written really well.  I hope I’ll fit in that sometimes category. Because the alternative; the look-my-h-or-h-is-a-real-live-person-with-issues-that-will-barely-be-dealt-with category is not one I want to be in.

I am fully confident in Betrayed. I took my time writing it and passed it through several readers, gained lots of feedback, it won absolutely awesome agent and then it went through lots more work with a freelance editor. I have confidence in that book.

I love Cinderella’s Shoe. But, I haven’t finished it, my agent and editor haven’t seen it, a few readers have read just over half of it and love it, but they loved Betrayed before it went through 9 revisions. So, am I confident in this story?

Not yet.  I think it’s great. I see it being great. But I don’t *know* it’s great. Isn’t the artistic  temperament funny? Am I arrogant, with an almost conceited belief that lots of people will love the story I want to share with them? Am I completely insecure and convinced no one will like it?

The short answer is: yes.

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