What a welter of emotions swirls within me. I have been browsing writing sites, both newly discovered and those cherished in my "Writing Stuff" favourites folder. I have discovered a few things.

1: I may be a good writer - I think I am - but there are people out there who have been published.

2: Unless I sit down and actually start writing every day, I'm never going to become a really good writer. Remember, Diana, you became a good writer after years of practice. You've plateaued (what the hell???) and you're going nowhere. Change that.

3: There are so many aspiring fantasy authors out there.

4: This would discourage me, if it weren't for the fact that most of them are crap. Return to point 1.