I’m sitting here at my desk, listening to a Kim Richey playlist. Caramel apple & clove candle is lit. My second glass of iced coffee is just about empty.
I’m in my final semester of my MFA program. This blows my mind.
I’m not sure I’ve still fully accepted that this dream of mine actually happened/is happening.
The next four assignments are my last ones in this loving/supportive/safe bubble and I don’t want it to end.
My mentor has asked me to write a draft of a book proposal.
Whoa. It’s time for the book proposal? What exactly is a book proposal? How do I write one?
I’ve been reading and studying everything I can get my hands on. Library books, books from Libby, I’ve been Googling, finding resources on Substack itself.
OK, parts of the book proposal include…overview, audience, marketing plan, comps…that all makes sense. I get that.
Author biography.
Author biography might be my albatross.
How do you write your bio when you have a/an (un)healthy dose of self-loathing? Does anyone else have this issue? Does anyone have advice?
These were my first thoughts:
Kimberly Nichols should be further along in her writing career than she is but she’s a chicken.
Kimberly Nichols is fooling herself that she can do this.
Kimberly Nichols hasn’t done much with her life and therefore can’t provide an author biography.
The good news is that I know this is nonsense. I can recognize that it’s the old wiring in my brain that still comes to call.
But I haven’t been able to think of good, positive, true ways to get into this author biography.
Come on, Kim, I tell myself. Get going. I remind myself what G says to me.
“You deserve this. You’re ready. You were taught to play small, think small. Guess what time it is now?”
THINK BIG.
I’m going to try and make some progress on this bio and I’d like to share it with you to see what you think.
Kimberley Nichols is a fantastic writer and human being ♥️
YOU CAN DO THIS 💪