Brimblewisp

If I’m being honest, writing this post is a little terrifying. I’ve been writing stories for almost two decades. Some have lived in notebooks, some in word docs in my OneDrive, and some have existed only in my imagination. I’ve spent countless hours building worlds, creating characters, and rewriting scenes over and over again. But almost no one has ever read them.

Not because I didn’t want to share them—I did. But I was afraid too. I let the anxiety and the fear of being judged, the fear of it not being good enough stop me. So I just kept convincing myself that they weren’t ready. That one more edit would make it better. That I needed to fix on more chapter, one more sentence, one more tiny detail before anyone else could see them. Eventually, I realized that “not read” can be a really comfortable place to hide.

So this is me trying something different. Brimblewisp is my promise to stop keeping my stories to myself. Everwhyn will be the first story I publish chapter by chapter. It’s exciting, but it’s also incredibly anxiety inducing. There’s something strange about letting people into a world that’s existed only in your own head for so long.

Will it be perfect? Probably not. Will I keep learning as I go? Absolutely. But if I keep waiting until I feel completely ready, I don’t think I’ll ever hit publish. I don’t think I’ll ever face that fear that’s been eating at me for so long. So, this is my promise to myself: I’m going to share it anyway.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be introducing you to the world of Everywhyn, its characters, its lore, and eventually its first chapter. I hope you’ll enjoy following along as much as I’ve enjoyed creating it. And if you’ve ever had something you’ve wanted to share with the world but kept talking yourself out of, maybe this can be a reminder that sometimes the hardest part is simply pressing “Publish”

Here’s to taking that first step.

~C.C.