Attention Seeking Discomfort
One of my biggest concerns is that writing and then "advertising" about my writing is an overt way of calling attention to myself. It is actually. My problem is that I don't really want it. I love to write and writing in a confessional style has always come easily. I enjoyed writing and sharing until the critics came. Then I collapsed under the onslaught and stopped writing. Today, I read some of the comments people were posting regarding the current situation in America. A lot of the posts were ugly, irrational, reliant on frequent use of profanity as if the use of profane language cast a magical spell on those less intelligent and could convince them of the folly of their viewpoint with "word manure". (Sarcasm? Yes!) Social media makes it easy to feel anonymous. People oblige by acting out their anger in words. I feel angry when I read some of this stuff and I want to come out roaring, attacking until I calm myself down and realize that will on
