Ahhh! My first ever piece of writing published by someone else - SCARY!
This is real now. This article is not on my domain which means I officially *can’t* edit or remove it whenever I want. Leah K Stewart is now ‘out there’ in the world…

The actual WORLD won’t read it because I’m very unknown and this isn’t very good but, it’s a start! Oh, and all those shares are from bewildered family (“How did YOU get in the Huffington?“), supportive friends and education connections who I bugged to look at the piece: honest grin.
Here’s where things get even more hold-your-breath scary…
There’s a good chance this got accepted into the Huffington because I’d referenced the Oscars, which had just happened, and this teacher tweet:

Blunt Educator is really funny, I’m a big fan of his tweets. He’s also got a massive, loyal following… and my article is essentially talking back to his tweet. Yup. Am I mad?
If ANY of my family had known I was trying to publish this, they’d have stopped me.
In a moment of clarity I made the article vague enough to not require a link to the actual tweet. The tweet was inspiration for my thoughts which became an article; this isn’t an attack.
And yet, not wanting to talk about anyone behind their back, I send Blunt Educator a message to show him the article…

So far, so good! This really firmed up my believe that people who express themselves online know how it feels to do that, so won’t shout at others who are trying.
He even tweeted a link to my article! Super :D


And then…

:D
And then…

Oh no! I’m not a hater!
I’m sure we’d get on really well if we talked with each other.
And then…

Bummer.
Krissi even calls me a ‘he’…
WHAT to do?
EASY OPTION: hate myself for writing and having the audacity to publish something that is probably kind of crap; first ever public article. By doing this I’m crushing creativity so I need to stop …and cry
OR
HARD OPTION: suck it up, learn form this, smile at the comments (which didn’t include my twitter handle meaning I only saw them because I looked), move on and - keep creating
What would you do?
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