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In article <17652@mindlink.bc.ca> Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca (Crawford Kilian) writes:
>This week I learned from my agent that I haven't just sold Redmagic, but also
>the proposed third book of the trilogy, Blackmagic. This is good news, in a
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>decision about yet another novel I've been hoping to complete. Nice to have
>lots of irons in the fire...
>
Congratulations!  I hope someday I'll be in your shoes, though right 
now it sounds kind of frightening to have the pressure of more than
one project in demand at a time.

I just finished my first manuscript (written for publication at any
rate) and given out copies to friends to critique.  I ran into an 
unanticipated anxiety at this point.  I had never let anybody read
anything that was finished before, which left me able to say "It 
still needs work," and thereby negate any negative criticism.  Now
through my manuscript I feel like I'm opening my mind to let other
people peer in.  I hadn't anticipated this to be such a scarey feeling.
We all have a facade that we show others, no matter how honest it is.
That facade hides all the darker thoughts, feelings of inadequacy, 
and the other things we don't want anybody else to know about our-
selves.  Now I feel like I'm offering a part of me on a platter for
close examination, and I'm nervous about what they'll find.

Can anybody relate.