You don’t really get to call yourself “bad” or “not a real artist/writer.” At that stage because you’re building an audience of people who will hear that and think “If they’re not a real or good and they’re so much better than me than what am I.”
I'm not sure where this feeling stems from, he wasn't physically abusive to me growing up (aside from like, one standalone instance where he whooped me and then never after) or even necessarily mean,
So, I am thinking about a side hustle of making cookies. I thought I would see if anyone would be interested in purchasing either chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin. I plan on making only 3 dozen of each and see how it goes. Please let me know if you are interested.