One of my favorite quotes is from Eleanor Roosevelt:
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. . . .You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
As a writer and a parent and a worrier, I think a lot about fear. I wrote a novel about a deadly contagious disease that spreads across the US, after all. Current events give us an almost endless stream of fear-inducing topics. Ebola. Terrorism. Pedophiles.
There's an interesting TED talk about fear from author Karen Thompson Walker called "What Fear Can Teach Us." She talks about fear as a form of storytelling,and says that "how we choose to read our fears can have profound effects on our lives."
Each month, the bloggers at YA Outside the Lines focus on a different theme. In honor of Halloween, October's theme is fear, masks, and disguises. There are a number of creative posts this month. You should read them all! But here are five to start:
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. . . .You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
As a writer and a parent and a worrier, I think a lot about fear. I wrote a novel about a deadly contagious disease that spreads across the US, after all. Current events give us an almost endless stream of fear-inducing topics. Ebola. Terrorism. Pedophiles.
There's an interesting TED talk about fear from author Karen Thompson Walker called "What Fear Can Teach Us." She talks about fear as a form of storytelling,and says that "how we choose to read our fears can have profound effects on our lives."
Each month, the bloggers at YA Outside the Lines focus on a different theme. In honor of Halloween, October's theme is fear, masks, and disguises. There are a number of creative posts this month. You should read them all! But here are five to start:
Pennywise, Spandex Shorts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night by Jen Doktorski
Writing the Fear Away by Amy K. Nichols
Don't Be Afraid to Celebrate by Laurie Boyle Crompton
The Gift of Fear (by me!)
Author Masks by Sydney Salter
Writing the Fear Away by Amy K. Nichols
Don't Be Afraid to Celebrate by Laurie Boyle Crompton
The Gift of Fear (by me!)
Author Masks by Sydney Salter
From Sydney Salter's blog post
Do you read the news everyday? What fears keep you up at night?
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