I miss teaching.

I’ve taught in a variety of ways throughout my life, and for the first time, I’m really in a job that involves no teaching whatsoever. As a teen librarian, I was able to do class visits and teach about researching with databases or writing poems (I talk about some of these things on my Patreon, unlock for only $3!). While I love my outreach job, my focus isn’t on schools or young people anymore. I’m more of a generalist now, both in the populations I serve and the outreach I do–I’m mostly tabling at community events, not taking over classrooms to explain how to do something.

For years I’ve been trying to crack some sort of writing mentorship or creative writing classes thing just as an independent writer, but imposter syndrome really sneaks up on me every time. I keep waiting for the next milestone in my writing career to feel like I’m actually qualified to teach other (even though I literally taught Intro to Fiction at an Ivy League university while getting my MFA). I feel like I haven’t proven myself enough when it comes to calling myself a writer.

So, that’s one of the many, many things I’m working on about myself right now–trusting that I do, actually, have some authority in this area, and there’d be no harm in trying to develop some courses.

Much love and gratitude.

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