I admit it. As a writer, I need input from the people who read my work.

Feedback, positive or negative, helps me be a better writer.

Second,
... wait for it ...
I have an ego that needs to be stroked, now and then.

Yep.

A part of me lives to hear what others think of my work. Nature of the beast. (I am a Leo born in the Year of the Tiger, astrological signs that cry out for attention)

So here's what brings this little true confession to the fore:

This past weekend, I submitted 5 "one page" stories I called Snippets. It is a serious "form" .... conveying a scene, a set of emotions, in a very tight space - a single page.

A second series of another seven will be appearing in a day or two.

But not a single review has appeared, which bothers me.

If you don't like them, tell me. It won't be the first time someone has not liked my work. Believe me, I can handle it.

But the silence ... ouch! that hurts.