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Self-Doubt Knocking at My Door

As I’m getting toward the actual work on the project, I’m starting to question myself. Am I ready for such an undertaking?

I know it’s only three credits, but it seems to be so much more than that. This is big. Really big. Bigger than anything I’ve done before.

I guess when it comes down to it, I wonder if I know enough to really write definitively about this subject. I have some experience from an internship this summer, a little work on it in a class last year, and a keen interest in children’s nonfiction publishing, but the vast majority of what I know I’ve read. What if I haven’t read enough? Eek! What frightening thought.

Ann says all researchers have self-doubt, especially when they’re writing about a subject they’re somewhat new to but are still fascinated with. I guess I’ll just have to see where this whole process takes me.

Oh, and I’ll be posting more now that I’ve got some of my work (somewhat) under control.