For any beginning writer there is a twofold fear of two points: publishing and recognition. It's seem as if there is a large mountain that is blocking their path and seems if it dropped in front of them. This happens to all writers. Beginners seem to fear it and even advanced writers do so as well.

Why is this fear so prevailing?

There is hundreds of sites and advice columns on how to write and be published but not many about how to be recognized. In reality this all what any writer longs for recognition of their work. They want to be published, this is a universal yearning. The second is recognition.

In many instances it is easier to gain recognition than it is to be published with the advent of the Internet and pages such as hub pages, it is even easier to write about anything and everything and get one's name out.

There are a few things I've done to get my own work out:

1) Blogging: go to any site and begin a free blog. ( www.wordpress.com, www.blogger.com) it takes a few minutes of w writer's time each day but with enough time, and effort the writing community will see your work

2) Use of hubs, or other articles that don't change over time. Use links and other methods for making certain the search engines will find it.

3) Writing each day. If a writer can't do this, they should expect to much recognition. There are no summer holidays, and a couple of days won't hurt after the blogs or whatever is established, but not many days.

4) Planning to write short stories and novels. At some point these are a must. But begin somewhere.

5) Time. The recognition will come.

6) Know they marketing plan. If you don't know what this is get a book, go to amazon ( www.amazon.com or www.amazon.ca) easy to find and to buy or even the local bookstore.

7) Consider all publishing options. Self-publishing, publishing with a large traditional publisher, small or mid sized publishers.

These of course are not hard and fast but they do help. They have the added benefit of getting a writer writing each day. If the is a goal of writing a novel, then write each day with it. Each day. Doesn't matter if it's 500 or 1,00 words a day, write.

Then edit, the better the editing, the more positive recognition a writer will receive as not all recognition is created equal. If the writing community feels it is not being serviced by the writer's work, they will say so. If it is good they will also say so.

Then there is the day when every writer fears, they write and write and write, they might get a few people interested, and nothing happens. Nothing.

This is a fear, but think this way, what sort of recognition were you looking for? Some writers make the mistake not not networking, telling people when they will do something, but not many. Family and close friends DO NOT EVER do the work for you. That is the writer's job.

Then there is the dreaded to much recognition. Not something that beginners fear, but something more professional authors speak about. The ones where the recognition comes fast and often, and they can't do any work on their next work in progress.

It comes in handy to plan for this event, have a publicist at the ready they will handle this. Their job is to deal with the public, and they let the writer do their job, write.

Recognition is one thing, but it is built upon a lot of smaller things, that seem to be like housework, needed to be done each day.

Do the house work, the recognition will come.