My Writer Identity Still Hurts.

It feels scary. It feels like failure. It’s the only way I can be.

Lisa Martens
Nov 6 · 4 min read
Photo by Arnel Hasanovic on Unsplash

I’ve been writing for over a year. For the first time, I’m making money writing…not a lot, but I’ve made a couple thousand from Medium alone.

Isn’t that good? It’s certainly more than I’ve ever made writing, and I’ve been doing it since I was a child.

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Lisa Martens

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My short fiction, thoughts, musings, ponderings. Yoga, dance, mental health, feminism.

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