And then there are the snow snakes, which hang out in corn snow and mashed potato snow.
For me when it comes to skiing, the fitter I am and the better my boots fit, the more confident I am. Also helps how crazy stressed I am as I'll take more risks when under stress in real life (gee, just like my character Melanie, can we say partial "Mary Sue"?). These days I'm a bit timid. In fact, we've not gone up at all this year because Mt. Hood is very short of snow and neither of us cares to ski on less than five feet of snow.
But. Fear is a very healthy emotion when used appropriately. It can paralyze, or it can energize, depending on how the emotion is directed. Given the conditions cited, I think you're well within reason to say "nope, not in my comfort level."
On the writing front, the only way I can get around perfectionistic fear is to daily throttle my critical editor voice when working in first draft. And the other piece is that I have to say to myself "I'm just telling a story, just telling a story..."
I know I am a good writer. Great? Probably not. But I'm working at it, and I view it as a work in progress. I think going to a couple of horse shows actually helped me develop a sense of perspective about my writing. A lot of horse show classes are subjective, and many times I won't place despite the two of us doing well, because we aren't what the judge wants to place. However, when we get a judge who trends toward the particular subtype of Quarter Horse my mare is, we do well. I've decided that selling writing is like that, and no matter what, I'm gonna go out there on either the horse show front or the writing front and do my best. It's all I can do, and if it doesn't appeal to that particular audience? Well, perhaps another time.
(note, I say this as a hybrid author type who is still building an audience)
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For me when it comes to skiing, the fitter I am and the better my boots fit, the more confident I am. Also helps how crazy stressed I am as I'll take more risks when under stress in real life (gee, just like my character Melanie, can we say partial "Mary Sue"?). These days I'm a bit timid. In fact, we've not gone up at all this year because Mt. Hood is very short of snow and neither of us cares to ski on less than five feet of snow.
But. Fear is a very healthy emotion when used appropriately. It can paralyze, or it can energize, depending on how the emotion is directed. Given the conditions cited, I think you're well within reason to say "nope, not in my comfort level."
On the writing front, the only way I can get around perfectionistic fear is to daily throttle my critical editor voice when working in first draft. And the other piece is that I have to say to myself "I'm just telling a story, just telling a story..."
I know I am a good writer. Great? Probably not. But I'm working at it, and I view it as a work in progress. I think going to a couple of horse shows actually helped me develop a sense of perspective about my writing. A lot of horse show classes are subjective, and many times I won't place despite the two of us doing well, because we aren't what the judge wants to place. However, when we get a judge who trends toward the particular subtype of Quarter Horse my mare is, we do well. I've decided that selling writing is like that, and no matter what, I'm gonna go out there on either the horse show front or the writing front and do my best. It's all I can do, and if it doesn't appeal to that particular audience? Well, perhaps another time.
(note, I say this as a hybrid author type who is still building an audience)