Why Writing Scares Me (And Why I Do It)

(12/9/2009) - Ta-Nehisi Coates has a post up on writing.  He's one of my favorite writers/bloggers (though not the most accessible - take a few weeks with him before you pass judgement), and I think this post hits on something I've felt a lot, and one reason why I've stopped/put on hold my desire to write for large amounts of monetary compensation (we'll have to see where life goes to see which one of these options comes true).  Writing is scary, and if you write something read by a lot of people, it can have tremendous power. 

On one level, I'm attacted to this idea.  This is why I write - to share with people how I see the world in what I guess is a bit of a vain hope that they will begin to see things as I do, or at the very least share with me what I'm missing. 

On another note, I'm sorry that the writing hasn't been happening recently.  I have an article about 3 pages long that's on hold because I'm really stumped on what I want to say - what reality I want to try to express.  Plus work is a killer - holidays and all that.