I Can Achieve Anything - I Think.

So, about ten days ago I had a story published in an anthology, Heartache and Hope published by Birch Moon Press. If you'd like to buy a copy it is available through their website https://birchmoonpress.co.uk/

But this isn't a post about that.

Since the anthology was published I've spent a lot of time thinking about what this means for me. I have long held a dream that one day I would have a piece of my writing published somewhere. And now Birch Moon Press have made my dream come true.

Is that the end of the story, the end of my dreams? Hell no!

The fact that something I wrote was 'good enough' to be published has given me huge amounts of confidence. I now have something I can point to when submitting my work, when talking to people about my writing. It all feels real and professional and, quite frankly, bloody awesome!

I now view my writing as something which I can really do, something that has merit and value and that I can share with others. I have been writing bits and bobs since Heartache and Hope was published and I have found myself looking at these bits of writing as things which will one day have a life away from my laptop, a life all of their own. I am now so fired up to write, to submit, to enter contests that I hardly recognise myself. But that is the joy of confidence. It takes you to places you never thought you'd visit, it fills your heart and mind and makes all things possible. For the first time in my rather long life I know that I can do whatever I want, whatever I wish with this creative gift I have .

I can achieve anything if I want to. Now to decide what it is that I want ...