Motivation, Confidence, & Controversy

I have lost it. Well, I lost some motivation, and that’s funny.

To be completely honest, I began to film an episode for Red Ink in which I discuss the values of self publishing and how that can help build your credibility with agents and publishers. However, it sucked.

I hated it, and my biggest and best critic basically told me to set it aside and start over.
I am very behind on creating content, and so I have fallen into a rut of procrastinating my content creation until the very last second.
Do you ever get to that point?
Well, if you don’t, you won’t understand my angst. But if you have been in this position, you will completely understand how wiped out I am and how unsustainable this is.
I must change. So this is me working through the last couple weeks mentally in my head and hoping that the next time I have a Red Ink episode someone gives me a topic that they hope I will cover.
In the mean time, you get to hear me work through the controversy that took place at the writer’s conference, how I built up some confidence in a couple of clients, and helped motivate them to push through writer’s block (not a real thing) and make some decisions. I hope that by working it out, I am able to take some of my own advice and push through this phase of unproductive idleness (I really don’t have the time for this).


Stacey Smekofske

Stacey Smekofske is an editor and author coach for award winning and best-selling authors. She specialized in indie published authors and helps them publish beautiful and marketable books. Stacey’s editing style is energetic, versatile, and responsive while helping authors craft compelling stories and build their influence. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communications and English from BYU Idaho and has been an educator and editor for over 18 years. She is a member of the Idaho Writers Guild, board member of the Idaho Writers and Editors Association, member of the Northwest Editors Guild and the American Copy Editors Society (ACES). She has a certificate in copy editing with Poynter University and ACES. Stacey has a myriad of life experiences and knowledge that allows her to edit many novel genres including fantasy, thriller, historical, horror, children’s literature, memoir, business, and self-help. With fortitude and compassion, Stacey labors with zealous writers to produce passionate and inspiring writing.

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