The Anxious Author

 My cat and I seem to have the same feelings right now. I know, that's an odd way to start a blog but he has been sighing all day and right now I get him. He's brought all his favorite toys into my bed and is laying by me sighing and I understand in my bones what his sighs mean.  Last week was a bad week. It wasn't what I would call a drop week, but it was a bad week. I kept screwing up. At work. At home. On my own projects. I was yelled at literally every day. It pissed me off and on Friday, when it came to my attention that I had made a super mistake, I thought I might need a whole bottle of pills to make it through the day.  Don't do that. Never take a whole bottle of any pills. Those things will mess you up.  I have awesome coworkers,  though, and a boss that seems to see the universe in a similar way that I do. I also have a mom who listens when I need to vent. Even if it's about my siblings, which I can safely say on here because it's no secret that we all

 Well, Souls, here we go again.  I'm not too good at this regular blogging thing, but I came up with a theme and really want to give it a shot. Honestly, I'm getting tired of seeing my old blogs pop up on Goodreads and Amazon. Figured it was time for something new. So, welcome to The Anxious Author's Blog.  This is a place where I can explore with you what it is like to be an author with anxiety and to share the books I review, as well as the books I publish. It's my hope that this blog will reach someone who needs to hear what I have to say. I think too many of us suffer in silence. I know I did, for way too long, and now I have a hard time watching my sister go through the same thing. It's hard to hold my tongue sometimes when she has anxiety attacks and still refuses to speak to a doctor, but it's something I'm working on.  Many people describe anxiety as a monster but to me, it's more like an unwelcome house guest. My anxiety is part of me. She is me