Fear of publishing

I think you should go for it. If you are really afraid though, maybe run it past a few friends first and see what they think.

i am sure every author has felt like this at some point, but you have to go ahead and take a leap of faith, surely there will be SOMEONE out there that likes it...hey, even i have been able to sell some writing at one point...

You are being too hard on yourself. I should know, I've done it too. I have said over and over again that I cannot write articles. That I am not a "journalist" per se, but a story teller. Well, I have published a few articles on Triond and my writing friends keep at me that I certainly can write articles and very well. Really, you never know unless you try. Give it a shot. You might surprise yourself.

There are many things you can do. First depending on how long it is... let friends read it or people you know on the internet. Make it into a .PDF (if you need help contact me) and get a sense of what is good and what is not so good. In the US there are companies that will publish small quantities of books so you are not left with thousands of unsold copies of books. If you are writing then go for it. If you love it then do it. Don't be afraid. If all it does is please you then that is enough

Ah, I have suffered the very same thing. Pople above have suggested letting some of your friends read it and see what they think, but I could never do that! I didn't want them to think I was a bad writer because I respect a lot of them as writers. I started by publishing stuff under a different name; it didn't matter if people I didn't know didn't like my work much. And people are often really nice about commenting and critiqueing on publishing cites. Once I'd got my confidence up this way I published under my own name (well, my online pseudonym) and told all my friends. It worked for me :) Set up an account on DevaintArt.com or a similar site and try it.

I guess this is the first time you are going to publish your work. Well, you should go ahead and take the next step, when you will actually prove to yourself that you are able to write works that can inspire other people. You said, that someone from your family have already read your story and they like it. You have mentioned that they are of the similar thinkings and have the same interests like you... well, i'm sure you will find out that there are hundreds of people who think the way you do. And be sure, you will get the response you are not even expecting to get. It is a "must" to publish your work if you really want to do that. Fears always appear when a person starts something and doesn't know what will be there, in the future, how people will react, what will they say. If you want to become a writer in the future, you have to face both - the negative and the positive. And you should be strong enough to judge yourself in accordance to the response from the people. Your fears will leave you automatically after you publish your work, so you have to take that step to move yourself a level higher than you are at the moment. And i'm sure you won't regret ever.

Maybe you could put it out a chapter at a time on a blog. Let the readers see the story unfold over a period of time. I have a story that I need to dig up and perhaps do the same. It's based on a very vivid dream that I had over 20 years ago. Even my screen name came from that dream. I started writing down the dream the next day at work on my breaks. I just gotta find that old notebook. I do hope you put it out in some form. Let us know. And don't worry about the language. Many browsers have an ability, or at least an add-on, that will translate from one language to another.