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All posts tagged Imposter Syndrome
Bookshelf Landmines – a Reprisal
Posted by Jan O'Hara (Tartitude) on 02/25/2011
http://cherrytart.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/bookshelf-landmines-a-reprisal/
Quitting the Label “Quitter”
I try to take great care in using labels to describe people, even in my own mind. Whether positive or negative, self or externally imposed, they constrain, bind and inhibit human behavior. If you doubt that statement, watch the Youtube video embedded below for a heartfelt indictment of “pretty.” Yet somehow, despite intellectual knowledge and a defiant post [...]
Posted by Jan O'Hara (Tartitude) on 10/28/2010
http://cherrytart.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/quitting-the-label-quitter/
Befriending the Imposter Syndrome Beasticle – a Strategy for Writers Whose Internal Editor is a Special Brand of Nasty
Of all the voices of the Inner Critic, one of the most virulent is that of the Imposter Syndrome — my personal vulnerability. What is the IS? You might suffer from it if you: *Carry a sense of fraudulence. *Believe you’re one step away from being exposed as the big, fungating example of hype-without-substance you know yourself to be. *Hear feedback [...]
Posted by Jan O'Hara (Tartitude) on 10/13/2010
http://cherrytart.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/imposter-syndrome-beasticle/
Curdled Awesome Sauce
What is it about pending horse shows that bring out deep emotion in me? If ya figure it out, could you wisen my brain box? See, at present I should be packing the car. My daughter has her last 4H show — ever *cries* — and she and I are leaving town for four days. In preparation, [...]
Posted by Jan O'Hara (Tartitude) on 07/02/2010
http://cherrytart.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/curdled-awesome-sauce/
Temper Tartum
Yesterday I told Molly I’d quit writing for good. I even meant it. I had been struggling with the same scene for days despite promising myself I’d push into first-draft gear and crank the words out. I told myself revisions would wait for later. But everything I’d written seemed to embody the freshness of sewer sludge and come delivered in [...]
Posted by Jan O'Hara (Tartitude) on 06/07/2010
http://cherrytart.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/temper-tartum/
Jan O’Hara (aka “The Tart”)
You've reached Tartitude, land of pith and zest, blogging home of contemporary romance writer, Jan O'Hara. Wonder why I'm obsessed with all things citrus? Read this.
What you need to know about me:
- I'm funny, modest, and extraordinarily lucky to be the current Voice of the Unpublished Writer at Writer Unboxed. (Longer bio here.)
- Although I'm an introvert, I've included mucho ways to contact me below. I hope you use some of them.
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