So… I’m a dissenting voice. Your choices are yours, make them.

However.

I have seen enough friends retire, left enough jobs, to realize that the mark we leave on the world is fleeting at best. You have to be a profound superstar to have a lasting impact on this world. You _can_ have far more impact…

Thank you for this, Srinath.

Lots of great suggestions here. I especially like the idea of having a mechanism/place where editors can come together, to share information.

There are several reasons I like this idea:

1. I am new to editing, and sometimes have minor questions I’d…

I have a guilt to admit. I see blood everywhere on Medium. It sells. I see victims bleeding on the page as catharsis, readers rewarding that with empathy and recommendations. It’s important for people to write their pain, to share it.

I just can’t watch anymore. I know it’s how people get better. I know it attracts attention…

The problem I have with “feedback”

I cringe slightly every time I hear someone talk about getting better at “giving feedback” and I wanted to explore why.

Scenario 1: Someone does something that you disagree with or disappoints you. You give “feedback” so that the person…

Is my writing fiction an act of empathy or an act of appropriation?

Yes, both.

I wanted to explore how much a different gender viewpoint means to a story in The Wrenches We Leave Behind, it’s becoming a device of mine, seeing how a story is viewed differently in the absence of gender clues.