It’s been a while since I’ve written here, and I’ve missed it. I got scared off (turned off?), I’m sad to say, by the snarky comments of another writer whom I respect, and the funny thing is, they weren’t even talking about me. One of my biggest character defects, I’m learning, is my outrageously narcissistic inclination to take everything personally. And I don’t even mean narcissistic in a critical way, just an honest one: so much less is about me than I ever think it is – everyone else is thinking about themselves.