Covid is a Creative Confidence Killer
But it is temporary.
Covid caught me a few weeks ago. There I was riding a wave of confidence and excitement. I was feeling feisty and fabulous with my writing. I’d decided on a new project and was thoroughly enjoying my time on Medium. I’d just finished the second edit of my book proposal and printed it out ready for the third and final round. Things were going well.
And I was thrilled to see my membership doing equally well with their creative endeavours. We had started a Club medium account, one Club member had a short story published, another was committing to 30 articles in 30 days, tiny steps were being taken, numerous members had hit the magic 100 and memoirs and novels were being worked on.
It was a fabulous feeling. Not only was my own writing going well but it was also going well for the people I cared about.
And then my throat began to get sore and I started coughing. “That sounds like Covid,” said one of the club writers in our writing session. I took a test and she was right. Ugh.
At the age of forty-six, I am shrugging off my invisibility cloak. And I’m becoming louder, more feisty and more confident in my opinions.
It’s probably a…
