I'm a budding author who's terrified of trying to become a real one.
I wrote a story last year (originally intended as a short story to pass my lunch hours, the 5 chapter story ended at 22 chapters and 80,000 words, with plans for another three books to follow it), and gotten enough positive feedback from people who aren't related to me to wonder about trying to get it published.
I just need to work up the guts to send it of and deal with the inevitable rejection letters.