Azra I love your work but I was so disappointed when I found you haven't experienced anything you write about. Please say you have. I want to believe this kind of love exists. I want SOMEONE to know that kind of love because I never will.

Hi! Okay I’m going to say this one last time in the gentlest way that I can. (I am not irritated at you, promise) I’ve received a few messages like this and it’s beginning to grate. Good writing is good writing regardless of who writes it. It doesn’t matter if I’ve experienced nothing or everything. If you enjoy my writing less because you don’t think it’s authentic then you can’t have liked it very much in the first place. The other thing is that I don’t and won’t mention anything that happens in my love life on tumblr. This blog has grown over the past few months and it no longer entirely feels like mine. It’s become a public place somewhat. Even if I was in a relationship, even if I’d fallen in love, I wouldn’t explicitly mention it ever.