Do you feel overwhelmed?

I have had a number of students go through my writing career coach course and one thing I hear most often from them at the beginning is "What do I do now?" or "There is so much to think about."

Do you ever feel that way? Do you ever look at your writing dream and think that it is impossible. Maybe you've received your first contract and you look at the marketing and everything else and you realize 'Wow, writing the book was the easy part.'

Don't get discouraged. Everyone has something to overcome.

I was over at Sharon Lavy's blog today. She was kind enough to announce my upcoming internship program and I wanted to go thank her. Instead I was stopped by the photograph of a strange dog. Now THAT pooch had something to overcome. After I looked at that story I decided that instead of writing the blog I'd planned I'd write a "Tough Love" blog.

So here it is. Read the WHOLE thing...[now that you hear it is tough love I can already hear the mouse clicks on the little red x]

The time for whining and fussing over how hard it is has come to an END! You've grown soft in your complacency. You sit there talking about how everything is too hard and how you can't do it. Do you want to be a writer or not. Are you willing to go on a little less sleep and watch a little less TV to see your dream realized. Or would you rather tell all those people who know about your writing dream "Oh yeah, I tried that but it's too hard." Are you willing to sit where you are, on the verge of realizing your dream and give up because you have to dig a little deeper? Of course you have to dig deeper. Do you see the Olympians fussing?? No, they run out on the floor to do gymnastics barely able to hold themselves together with sports tape.

Do you see pro-ball players whining about being hit again and again. What about that quarterback that got sacked on every play for 4 straight plays? All he wants to do is throw the ball down field and every time he tries this mob of guys keeps smashing in to him. Now he's limping off the field.

Do you ever consider that maybe you just need to toughen up a bit, quit whining and start moving forward. Look at EVERYTHING you've overcome! Look at how HARD it was to get to where you are today! Look at how much it almost destroyed you!

But it didn't. So get up, quit being lazy and pursue your dream. Because if you don't start working for it, I'm not willing to listen to you whine about it anymore.

And that my friends is the tough love I gave myself 3 weeks ago, right before I turned my writing business around. Don't you think it is about time that you got tough with yourself. You are the only one who can TRULY be honest with yourself...and the only one who can TRULY fool yourself.

You and your dream are worth the little extra effort.

And can you help me with ONE things. If you read this in your mailbox [subscribers get it delivered via feedblitz will you please read THIS blog posting on the blog. Go to the blog. My numbers are increasing and I want to know how many of you are actually reading it in your email so I know how many of you out there are new. Thanks SO much!!

I'll see you tomorrow. I have deadlines to meet-with myself.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter.