Yes, fear is something that the authors in my book address. I think everyone is, on some level, afraid of failure. Every one has to battle the "I can't do it" demon in some form or fashion. It takes courage to write a book in my view. It's a huge undertaking. Just finishing one is a major accomplishment, even if it never gets published.

There's a chapter in TIME TO WRITE called "The Inner Critic and Other Goblins" that addresses fear and fear of failure with regards to writing, as well as ways to write through it. Even the bestselling authors I interviewed still struggle at times with this issue. One creative way to tackle this voice of inner failure is to give it a pen and paper and let it write for 15 minutes, then crumple that paper up and throw it away, then get on with your writing.

~Kelly