The Belhaven Bridge is a platform for encouraging and allowing people, from all walks of life including from small towns (like Belhaven, North Carolina) all over America, to showcase and share their creativity, especially through writing.  Whether the writings are short-stories, poetry, novels, etc., the process can be very powerful and beneficial to both the authors, as well as their readers.  When I wrote The Belhaven Bridge in 2008, I had no intentions of sharing, let alone publishing, the work with anyone.  It started as a home-schooling project.  My wife, Athelda who is actually a writer, and I decided to require that our two daughters research, create, and produce a short novel as a year-end writing assignment.  As encouragement, we both agreed to participate, as well.  What was I thinking? I didn't have time for such a thing. So, I simply started reminiscing about my childhood experiences and out came, The Belhaven Bridge. The process turned out to be very therapeutic. Thinking thoughts and turning those thoughts into actual written words had an impact I had not anticipated. I was well outside my element but it turned out to be quite enjoyable. Now, I highly recommend it ;-)

So, what's stopping you? What excuses have you been telling yourself?  Worse, what excuses have you accepted from outside your own desire or passion to express your creativity? I hope you will reconsider and share some of your gift with the rest of us.  Be encouraged!