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The Writing Contest for theWinter Solstice!

Don't Be Afraid To Fail
by Randy Kerker

You've failed many times,
although you may not remember.
You fell down the first time
you tried to walk.
You almost drowned the first time
you tried to swim, didn't you?
Did you hit the ball the first time
you swung a bat?
Heavy hitters,
the ones who hit the most home runs,
also strike out a lot.
R.H. Macy failed seven times
before his store in New York caught on.
English novelist John Creasy
753 rejection slips
before he published
564 books.
Babe Ruth struck out
1,330 times,
but he also hit
714 home runs.
Don't worry about failure.
Worry about the chances you miss
when you don't even try.

When my daughter, Natasha, was 14 (she's now 37) she found this poem in a full page ad in The New York Times. She cut it out and taped it to her wall. She still has the original framed and hanging in her house.
And now there's only 7 days left to take a chance and submit your writing to the First Annual Writing Contest of the Fiction Writer's Journey!!

Don't Be Afraid to Fail -- You Can Only Win!
Not only will you receive a gift just for entering,
but you will have taken the chance to put your work out into the world.
It's a great feeling. And we support you in the risk!

http://www.thefictionwritersjourney.com/Contest_Winter_Solstice_2005.htm

on the journey!
Emily