Things that annoy the hell out of lyn, Part I:

When writers take themselves too seriously. I know some online writers (no one that reads this, so don't panic) who get uptight and bitchy over the SLIGHTEST not congratulatory remark about their fiction. Even harmless critiques which have praise and criticism mixed in, they get holier-than-thou over and act like a whiny baby--'Well, I don't care if it might be better this way, my way is best and I'm sorry you're too stupid to see that.' It makes me wish I could put my hand through the screen and slap these people. God forbid someone not be a salivating lemming!

I tend to take negative remarks a little seriously, or, at least, I used to, but now I've learned to take everything with a grain of salt (though I will still be upset over poor feedback for a time... that's just how I am. But I don't dwell on it openly for days and days). And I'm only seventeen. The people I'm thinking of are much older, and they have jobs and their own apartments and everything. =P