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A new version of The Tip was posted, after being edited by one of the more well known editors here. He is known by and editing for many very popular authors on SOL. He's amazing. I had no idea. Well, I guess I did, but still.
In any case, thank you, for your input and help. He only went through it once, and I don't want use his name without his permission, so I'll wait on that. This being a holiday (Happy Independence Day, y'all) I doubt that will happen today, but if he see's this he'll understand. I'll be out with family all day, so I'll catch up with him later.
I was wrong when I thought I could do this myself, and now that I have help, adult supervision, if you will, I hope to provide a more readable story each time. We'll see. An editor can only do so much. You can't build a castle out of sticks and twigs.
Again, Happy Independence Day to all. Stay safe, drive careful, don't lose any fingers to the notorious Black Cat, and watch for crazies.
My very own personal shit storm. Did not mean for that to happen! I am truly sorry if I have upset anyone. OK, I am truly sorry I upset someone.
I have received confirmations and denials. Both of my fears have been both substantiated and pishawed.
Racism is alive and well in America and I am a lousy author. It's not racism, and the story is readable.
No, I'm not reaching out for compliments. The scores on my first outing here at SOL gave me enough warm fuzzies to last all year. It took a couple of degenerate transphobes to knock it down into realistic territory, actually.
From this recent and unfortunate rant, however, I received alot of criticism. The good kind. As in critiques of my work. I appreciate those, by the way. I also got critiques of my rant. Deserved!
My country received a lot of criticism. The bad kind. As in we're a largely racist population. That sucks. I thought we were getting beyond that.
Voters received some criticism, too. Especially the ones that didn't vote for her. The vitriol was rampant.
I, can tell you, though, that I am not a racist. Some of my best characters are of color. You just haven't met them yet. Becci and Angela will knock your socks off, if your not wearing sandals over them. So will Melissa, (different stories) although I must admit I've been working with them for many months and they are of mixed heritage. Jenny was a flash write over two days last week and is not, obviously.
Please, no need to respond. I had my ten seconds of rant, and am not fishing for compliments or trying to start a fight. Thank you to those that responded, either way, although a few of you made my weekend a little brighter. God knows we needed it. Weather been suckin'.
Ya'll have a good day. Sorry for the dust up.
Charlie, for now
Unless I have become a terrible writer, and my few spelling tics have finally caught up with me, pissing off my intended audience, I may have accidentally proven that racism and prejudice are alive and well in modern America. I introduced a little black cheerleader and a joke about a purple sheet into a story, and garnered 3 fives and 2 threes in the voting process. Maybe it's my imagination. I hope it is, because Jenny is a sweet girl.
And, maybe I'm too thin skinned and it's all about something else. We'll just have to wait and see
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