Tuesday, October 2, 2012   by Sophie Perinot  Sophie Perinot
(right) with Kate Quinn (another woman who found the courage to
pursue her writing seriously).          1. Great post! Putting
yourself out there takes tremendous courage! Other than grade
school stories about horses and dogs, I wasn't always a writer.
Once I decided to get serious, it took years to tell anyone
outside the family. A lot of people were really surprised when
they found out I had a book being published!!    2. Like I
always say, there's only one way to find out!    3. So true. I
kept writing as my dirty little secret for years.    4. LOVED
this! You've hit upon something very true. Thanks so much for
sharing it with the rest of us who weren't at the festival.
5. Thanks so much for sharing this...I'm just at the stage where
I am acknowledging that I can take it seriously, even if I am
not yet published. That's a hard one, because without being
"officially" recognized, it's hard to call yourself a writer.
Thanks again for the ins