what if I fail?

This is the one question that has haunted me and held me prisoner for so long.

What if my book is terrible? What if my protagonist is not like-able? What if I offend a reader? What if I'm not good enough a writer? What if no one reads my book? What if readers hate it?

What if I fail?

I love my characters, feel deeply for them. I desperately want to see my protagonist find herself, find love and find happiness. And, I am hoping that is conveyed in her story, that readers care about her enough to want the same things. But, what if readers don't get her, and worse, don't like her?

This story also deals with some very real issues, some real social injustices out there brought about by institutions shrouded in the purpose of personal growth and achievement, but in reality, lay way to prejudice and insecurity. What if I offend?

With beginning this blog and putting myself out there for people to finally find, I have come to the only conclusion one can, and that is to try.

If I don't try...

if I don't finish...

if I don't let others read my story...

I'll never know.