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    The Author Envy Trap
    Hayley Gabrielle
    • Jun 15, 2017
    • 3 min

    The Author Envy Trap

    Does anyone else feel pretentious saying – “I’m writing a novel”? The few times I’ve been asked what I’m doing on my laptop, or what I’ve worked on during the week, my general response is a stuttering, incoherent line like “just, kind of, well trying to uh, write this book thing.” Actually. I’d like to say it’s humility, but more realistically, perhaps it’s embarrassment. I’ve come to realise that the harshest critic I’ve encountered is myself. Rejection is often taken as a p
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