The moon is in the Balsamic phase. It's time to outgrow old patterns. Whatever you release will nourish the next stage of your growth. This new moon is also in Scorpio. Pay attention to your inner wisdom and be sure to give yourself time to recharge.

How is this impacting my writing. That was a bit harder for me to connect, but I think its my imposter syndrome. Last week I got some feedback that sent me into a shame spiral. My thoughts were a constant drip of, "I can't do this." "I am not good enough." "That was a stupid mistake." "I am a terrible writer." It was a rough few days. 

The truth is I am a new writer and I have some very fixable bad habits, repetitive phrases, passive voice, and choppy structure that sometimes seems mechanical. (I also use seems too much, I am going to leave that there as case in point.) The good news is I am learning to catch it in my first edit, soon I won't write that way at all. 

Today, I am letting all of that go. I have always trusted the process, the universe and that has worked well for my manifestation practices. I can't let self-doubt sneak in and ruin it. Manifestation is alignment of thoughts, actions and emotions. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to be consistent and it's time to get back on the path. 

I'm taking a little lesson from my characters, just when things seem bleak, they pick themselves up and find a way through.