Thank you, Aura and Ella! I guess what I fear the most is cheating myself. I’m a good enough writer to be able to fake a certain superficial honesty, and what I would really hate is for myself to start believing that is *real* honesty. I don’t know if it makes any sense. And I do think the best antidote to that is, as Aura says, not overthink, just write whatever I feel I have to get out there and hit publish before I have time to think about anything else.

    Anna Maria Ballester

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