A little writerly observation

It may seem narcissistic to enjoy reading your own work, however, since a writer's job is to engage their audience, and the only direct measure any writer has of that engagement is their own reaction; any writer worth their salt should be writing stuff that, at the very least, blows their own socks off.  It should be a given.  Also, I suspect that it is necessary to have that level of engagement in your own work before you can start engaging other people.

Of course, mentioning how much you...