Yay!! Thank you so much for this! It was gnawing at me since not long after I sent it. I'm so pleased you heard it with the love that was meant to go with it.

I don't remember where I saw this a couple of times. Maybe it was one of those Coffee times posts or a newsletter or about your newsletter - but more recently it was in an italicised 'blurb' below an article. I can't find it - took a stroll through your stories and don't know where it was.

It might have been one that was on my feed so isn't necessarily really recent.

Anyway - I'm glad you're willing to take on board what I've said. I would just love to see you championing your work 100% and even if you have insecurities (which you will because you're human), don't let them turn people away from your work because people are dumb that way. They take things at face value. If you show them that no one wants your products, they wonder what's wrong with them and move on! We can't let that happen to your beautiful words and stories!! :)

And...one more tidbit?? Instead of saying you "strive to be a writer who is full of gratitude, inspiration and hope" - how about saying you ARE that writer? Because you are. And that's absolutely the truth. 💜💜💜