tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812366260875678630.post3761883893972022480..comments2024-02-01T22:39:49.779+13:00Comments on Bigger Than Ben Hur: Straw Poll on Impostor SyndromeBen Hurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812366260875678630.post-15028558444680643822013-03-15T19:33:07.112+13:002013-03-15T19:33:07.112+13:00Too true, Tim, become an Editor and wield unbridle...Too true, Tim, become an Editor and wield unbridled power!!!Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812366260875678630.post-85640879375786447802013-03-15T19:32:16.464+13:002013-03-15T19:32:16.464+13:00Claire Beynon (a fellow Tuesday Poet) gave me perm...Claire Beynon (a fellow Tuesday Poet) gave me permission to quote her from an email she sent me:<br /><br />"Your blog was thought-provoking, too. Who of us does not experience self-doubt? Questions nudge us forward; uncertainty keeps our curiosity piqued; not-knowing deepens our trust in process more than outcome and secures our insecure connection to all that is mysterious - inside and out. I'm all for self-doubt!"<br /><br />I thought Claire's comments were extremely interesting and perceptive as she is turning a seeming negative into a positive and using the self-doubt to fuel the energy of her creative drive. Well done, Claire, I say.Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812366260875678630.post-27486015278764764052013-03-14T00:11:23.121+13:002013-03-14T00:11:23.121+13:00I don't think I suffer from Impostor Syndrome,...I don't think I suffer from Impostor Syndrome, but I do have periods of feeling self-doubt about my writing, especially when the rejections start piling up with any acceptances to leaven the load. The solution is to become an editor and load the self-doubt onto other authors ...Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812366260875678630.post-54921010311024546072013-03-09T17:20:13.028+13:002013-03-09T17:20:13.028+13:00"Impostor Syndrome" . . . a rose by any ..."Impostor Syndrome" . . . a rose by any other name would smell so sweet . . . a syndrome for everything these days, there's the rub! Life is a battle between the spiritual and the material, if you are not struggling, then you are simply . . . dead!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com