How do we deal with writer's block? my worth as a writer, and other related topics.....

It's been two months since I wrote anything worth remembering.  I did however write several pages a couple of weeks ago on my new blog.

It is so true that no one takes unpublished authors seriously (self-published does not cut it in this highly competitive world), at least in my book.  I left a copy of my book, The Women in White lying around this weekend hoping to interest someone, and what was that for?  Someone picked it up (I won't mention names) and started the regular jokes, starting with getting it hot off the press!  I can't say that I blame anyone.  Save for one kind and generous soul, a guest at my home this weekend who made me feel as it I were God's gift to the literary world, no one else gave two craps about it.  I myself constantly doubt myself, and until I write that best seller, so will everyone else.

I'm not looking for sympathy here, and neither is this is by any means meant to be a pity party.  I'm simply making a comment.  These little setbacks (because this is how we should consider them), while they question my ability as a writer and cause writer's block, on the other hand make me want to work harder and think of  myself as a serious writer, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

So everyone, go ahead and have a good laugh!  Laughter is good for the soul.  I myself always have a good laugh, (laugh in the face of adversity) because it is the best medicine.  And after I've had a good one, I will  once again attempt to tackle that writer's block.  Persistence eventually pays off!  Like the little engine that could, I will continue to chug along until I reach my destination, and then the rewards will be that much sweeter and greater.

So to all my struggling writer friends, do not be dissuaded or made to feel like your work doesn't matter.  It does!  It matters to you, and that's worth more than anything else in the world!