...if you’re not worried about the backlash you’ll get from your writing, you’re probably not tackling anything terribly important.-Heretics, Superheroes, and Fighting the Lonely War of the Writer I can't tell you how many blog posts I have sitting in 'drafts' that I sat down and passionately poured my opinions out in. Yet, when it came time to hit the 'publish' button, I just didn't have the guts to. Fear. It is an interesting thing. I live in an interestingly, contradictory world. I love to write. I love to connect. I love it when someone actually reads what I have to write. But I am afraid to put my opinions out there for all to possibly criticize. I am afraid you may actually read what I have to write. What if I write something you don't like? Or we don't have the same politics? Or you don't get my sarcastically, quirky humor? You may make fun of me. You may leave me nasty comments. You might trash me online. I am OK with that. We probably weren't meant to be BFF's anyway. But what if you are a little crazier than that? And you go digging through all my posts and put together where I live, my social security number and even what color panties I wear on ...

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