First time submissions are nerve racking I have decided, though I imagine that is true always when a person takes a step to put themselves out there. I can't decide if I am more afraid that people I know will read them or people I don't know, and I can't decide if I am terrified that people will hate them or that people will like them.
I have been writing for a long time, and for a while it was something I shared. But school is a harsh training ground for children, and I learnt all too soon, or too late I suppose, that being the dreamy, imaginative, whismiscal, and at times just weird little girl isn't the way to stop bigger kids from pick