Telling The Truth Is Dangerous

But it’s worth telling. And what makes it worth it, sometimes, is when someone else contacts you out of the blue–about something you’d kind of forgotten you’d written–and tells you that they had the same experience and they understand, and that your words have helped them in some way.

This is why it’s so important not to bullshit on the page. You never know where your words are going to land.

It took a long time before I was willing to simply state things I’d kept secret for years. When one grows