User blog comment:Anarchic Operations/Sources of Inspiration/@comment-27838637-20160618122246/@comment-26475800-20160619011352

You shouldn't apologize for what you said. You were trying to help others improve their writing, just because some of the other people on this site don't agree with you, doesn't mean that you should be sorry about what you wrote. No matter what you write people are going to talk about it, sometimes good, sometimes not so good. The real test is to be able to take it in strides and not let it get to you, but help you to improve as an author.

Tough skin is the biggest thing anyone who wants to be a real author needs. The work-a-day world for a writer is hard, there are hundreds and hundreds of rejections every day. The key is to ignore the pain you feel from it, and learn how to improve so it doesn't happen again. Also, freedom of speech is something that everyone here has and should have. If I want to write something, I don't care if the subject is taboo, I'll try and post it here if I want to. If it doesn't go through, I'll post it elsewhere.

I haven't really posted any stories here in a long time, but I'll have one in the WW before too long, maybe. And I will definitely have one in for the contest. And if anyone doesn't like the story, that's fine. If they point out things that are wrong which I can see after posting it, then I can learn not to make those mistakes again. If they are just complaining to complain, well I won't get hung up on it.