User blog comment:EtherBot/Random Writer's Showcase: Jay Ten/@comment-25226524-20170110162104

I really appreciate you taking the time to do this. I'm also very glad you enjoyed the stories as much as you did. I completely agree with your criticism of "The Woman in Red" not being written in a convincing way, and it's something that has haunted me since posting it. My only excuse, a poor one, is that I wrote it as I, a reading and writing enthusiast, would write. I realize the error now, but it's not something I can really fix without making it a completely different story. I truly appreciate your honesty on that. Sadly, it's my most popular story, with half a dozen narrations, so I've decided to live with it as it is, although I did make some slight changes last year.

I'm happy you found "The Brown Spot" as enjoyable as you did. It's probably my favorite concept. I really struggle with third-person, which is probably obvious, but I force myself to write them when it's necessary. KillaHawke1 did a great job with the video.

As for the title "Redundant Red", it actually isn't a reference to anything other than the red creature being "redundant" in a world where these violent and tragic events happen on their own. It's meant to be a bit of a reminder that we need to guard against optimism bias and remember bad things can happen at nearly any second that can take our lives or significantly alter them. I wrote it after watching people drive past my apartment staring down at their phones the whole time I could see them, at least five seconds. Also, an old high school friend had recently been killed by a tree falling on his truck while driving to work. It doesn't get any more ridiculous than that.

Again, I really appreciate you taking the time to do this, and I thank you for the kind words as well as the criticisms.