I feel kinda dumb saying this, but...

Hi everyone,

I feel stupid, actually. Forget dumb.

Many of you might recall my antics of a few months ago, where I posted I was leaving the Erotica genre because of my girlfriend's worries. I offended a bunch of you, I'm pretty sure, and now I'm likely to offend a few more, although that's not my intent.

My girlfriend and I are no longer an item, for various reasons, not the least of which was her immense worry about everything. And the truth be known, I have regretted leaving the Erotica genre since the first day I made the decision to leave.

So I'm going to write Erotica again.

And that's where I know I'm going to offend some. The idea I would diss a genre and then come back to it simply has a bad ring to some people. But understand, please, that I left for the sole purpose of keeping my girlfriend from worrying about me. Now that she and I are no longer going out together, I see no reason to keep trying to please her in such a manner.

So I'm back. I'm not celebrating, nor do I expect anyone here to do so. But I wanted you all to know what's going on with me, and that I will be writing in this genre again. Whatever happens from this point on, happens.

I'll talk to you all later, hopefully. I hope you have a good night, and a decent weekend.


ETA:

I thought I would add quickly that I apologize for having offended so many of my fellow writers in what I did back then. Such was not my intent at the time, and I can only hope some of you will forgive my asinine ways back then. I was wrong in how I reacted to a great many of your posts. I'm sorry.

Thanks for your kindness, everyone. I admit I was -- and am still -- quite worried I would have ended up offending a lot of people beyond their ability to forgive.

The relationship had a good ending, believe it or not. My former girlfriend and I are still good friends, but we're not going together anymore. We live in the same hallway in the same building, and we still talk and treat each other with respect. But thankfully we both know we're no longer an item.

Anyway, I appreciate very much your willingness, everyone, to welcome me back. I'm thinking of posting a short in the Erotica -- Share Your Work forum before long. I was so excited last night when I came back that I wrote a four-page manuscript that I'm hoping to get some feedback on. But I'll have to wait until I get my Third Draft done.

I hope you all have a good day, and an excellent weekend ahead. Talk to you later.

Thanks again, everyone.

I really appreciate the warm welcome-backs. I don't honestly know what to say ... except maybe that you might see one of my pieces in the SYW -- Erotica section soon.

I still have to check my 3rd Draft for problems beforehand, but it's looking pretty nice.


That martinet thing: is that the same thing as a Cat-of-nine-tails? I've heard horror stories about such whips, and I shudder merely thinking about them.