Word of the Week - Courage

Now courage and me don't go hand in hand - I'm the girl who gets nauseous watching a filmed roller coaster ride! But this week I did something which, for me, was courageous.

I've long harboured dreams of calling myself a writer. Not just someone who scribbles in a variety of notebooks, taps away at a keyboard but never showing what I write to the world. This is huge, I know that but some dreams are, aren't they? I'm rather reticent to share my writing for a couple of reasons. This 'being a writer' lark is for other people, not people like me; ordinary, run-of-the-mill people, nothing special etc. etc. Also I worry that I'm not actually any good at writing, that I've been kidding myself all these years that there was a spark of talent hidden away just waiting to explode from the page.

A few weeks ago I set myself some writing challenges, one of which was to get my writing out there more. I enjoy sharing a little of what I write through linkies and it's nice to have some feedback on my work. Yet I'm still reluctant to share.

So this week I decided to bite the bullet and sent an entry to a writing competition! Gulp!

Now I don't think I'm going to win it but just sending my writing in was a victory for me. I'm now looking for other opportunities to submit work and trying to keep a handle on my growing excitement at having taken the plunge. So here's to being courageous, even if it goes against my natural inclinations!