![]() Author has written 13 stories for Family, Romance, Love, Essay, and Life. I used to have another account and for those works, please go here. If you ever need good gushing feedback or blunt criticizing, PM me! As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand. ― Ernest Hemingway In my early days on FP, I did not understand this very simple, very compassionate truth about being in a writer's community. I ended up hurting people and disrespecting another writer, for the flaw of sheer ignorant arrogance. The irony of it is that, all the while, I never really liked my own work and stories; even while thinking I would make a better writer than others. Erica Jong said, "I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged." The courage in loving your own stories, characters, and worlds; the courage in publishing and sharing them with others; that I lacked―and still do. My apology is belated and purposefully anonymous, because the internet is not kind to people who make mistakes. But there are enough clues for those in the know to track me down. To them: I'm sorry. I'm very sorry, and I have no excuses for you. Please, if it is in you to, forgive me and hope that I improve as a person―and learn to be as brave as you. I want people to say: "...she's got magic in her pen." |