Impostor syndrome involves feelings of self-doubt and personal incompetence that persist despite your education, experience, and accomplishments. You feel like a fraud even when you have no reason to. Like you don’t deserve the success you have, or that success isn’t legitimate.
Raise your hand if you’ve experienced impostor syndrome.
One of my favorite sayings in life is “You learn something new every day.” And for the most part I find this to be true. I especially love days when I learn new words, and today is one of those days. The new word: “taphophile.”
A taphophile is an individual…
He that deceives me once, its his fault; but if twice, its my fault. ~The Court and Character of King James, Anthony Weldon, 1651
Sept 14 was a big, bittersweet day for me, friends. I turned 45 that day, but that’s not why. 9/14 was the also the day that…
That is the question.
When I started out on this crazy author journey (for real…I had no idea what I was getting myself into until I was totally committed), I spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not I could use my real name on my books.
Authors…
This little girl read billboards from the backseat of the car by age three, shocking her parents. She read “The Monster at the End of This Book” over and over until it fell apart in her hands at age six. She’d read every single Stephen King novel in her parents’…
Author of CHARLIE’S MIRROR and SISTER LOST — check em out at http://brendalyne.com. Stephen King is my hero.
