Are you writing for publication?

 (This message was edited by caeliafey on 06-22-04 @ 5:36 pm EDT)

 (This message was edited by caeliafey on 06-22-04 @ 5:32 pm EDT)

Ok, I'm being frustrated with my writing at the moment so I figured I'd post. I live to write, I've done it since even before I could properly spell (my second grade teacher swore I'd never amount to anything with it since I couldn't even properly spell "thier" no matter how many times she corrected me - she was a horrible woman). Anyway, I'm in college now so it kind of kills any writing time - I only get three months summer vacation in which to work and I'm in the middle of a fantasy novel which last summer was spewing from my head faster than I could think. I've finished another novel which I'm supposed to be revising (but procrastinating, unfortunately).
Now that I have all that out of the way, here is the issue. With three months to work on my novel I find myself lost in writer's block that strangely seems to be fueled by my anxiety over publishing. I don't particularly have people to critique my work (my friends and family aren't big readers of my genre I suppose) and I've sent my serious work out to attempt publication. The lack of positive feedback just feels like it is weighing me down and my creative energy is drowning in doubts. I suppose it is a common writer's problem and I apologize for ranting in here - I suppose I just needed to vocalize it.

diedraphilia