My Very First Blog

The reason I decided to start blogging is the same as the one which made me want to be a writer/ novelist. I’d attempted to read one of Katie Price’s dire novels and the standard was so low I decided that if she could get published and people took it seriously (which surprisingly, they did!) then I could too. You’ve probably had a similar epiphany at some point when you’ve thought: “I can do better than this!” But then, you just haven’t.

So, I’d read a couple of blogs by people I knew and their standards were also low- in style and content. But I realised an important flaw in my critique: they were still writing and publishing their stuff, they were actively pursuing their literary career. I wasn’t.

Without realising it, I became the cliché artiste who is so busy trying to perfect their art, and avoid harsh criticism from the public, that they neglect to get their stuff out there and learn from experience. The others at least had to balls to try.

I read a fashion blog the other day and the blogger said she felt she was always being analysed by her friends who had read the blog, to see if she was fashionable enough to live up to her postings. I feel a bit like that... Like people will judge my blog as harshly as I have judged others’.

For me, it’s a big leap, because I’ve only ever showcased my writing to family and friends and I don’t want to be the typical X-factor audition nightmare who thinks they can sing perfectly- because their friends tell them so- but are completely tone-deaf! J

It’s that four-letter word which keeps most people from writing: FEAR

Fear of rejection

Fear of mediocrity

Fear of realising that, maybe you’re not cut out for this after-all.

My fear manifested itself as perfectionism- and as a Virgo I’m prone to this anyway! But perfectionism is essentially procrastination.

I’m sick of brooding about it and I’ve already wasted so much time by allowing my fear to hold me back. So here I am, starting a blog! It may just be a series of unimportant rants and obscure theories but they’re my rants and my theories and they are finally out there for someone to read!


Virgo Blogger x