get something published

I’m not interested in self-publishing, as I feel I would be forcing myself upon others. I need some kind of screen so I can see if I’m going in the right direction, just how many notes I’m hitting, and if someone actually enjoys what I do enough to print it on dead pulp and maybe even pay me for it.

I’ve been writing for quite a bit and I want to publish something, but I feel real uneasy about it. Is my stuff any good? Am I a good writer? Or have I wasted my time?

Yet I’ll never know if I keep hoarding all my stuff to myself, convincing myself through this one flaw or this ugly spot that I’ve missed that it’s not ready yet, and that I should just put it away and forget about it.

I’m perplexed.