Something Sensitive

Being a writer is hard. This isn't news, it's been hard from day one. Hard in so many ways. Some ways I'd never considered.

I'm a bit of a sensitive person, for my faults, and some of the hard ways directly impact me alone.

Being sensitive doesn't help.

Lately there's been an uptick in negativity. I'm used to negative reviews, that comes with the territory and they are expected. But personal messages to me have grown more negative, and that affects me.

People tell me to ignore it. People say I can't please everyone. People say reply to them, people say don't, people say all sorts of things. Me? I'm an apologizer. Unnecessarily so at times, but it makes me feel better.

So this is going to make me feel better. I hope.

I'm sorry if I or my books have disappointed you. I'm sorry if they weren't what you expected. I'm sorry if something in them offended or angered you. I'm sorry if you didn't enjoy them, didn't approve of a character, or thought something ought to be different.

All I can say is I'm sorry, and, as with everything, I hope to be better in the future.

When I write, I can only write what I feel is best for the story and what I feel is appropriate. I can't consider anything else, or I will be paralyzed by all the things to consider. I only publish something if I am pleased with it.

It hurts when that pleasure isn't returned by the readers.

But everyone is entitled to their opinion.

I'm sorry if those opinions don't match.