I wish I could read the whole book right now, MM.
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
MM, is it OK if I forward that to some of my coworkers? I think they'd find it relevant--we're not CS, but we/they are professional compassion-givers who are chronically overstretched and often burned out.
Yeah, sure, Susan. Rock on.
Thanks!
If you want a beta, I'll do it, MM.
That's fantasic, MM. And I agree with -t, that piece would make a good anchor for the rest of your stories.
Thank you guys.
Erika, I'll probably take you up on it, if ever I get around to rearranging what I've already written and whatnot.
cool. Let me know.
Because there's only so long any one person can maintain empathy in the face of a tidal wave of fuck you. After a while, you have to shut it out. You can't stand against the tide, you give up and find yourself floating in the hateful undertow, another bottomfeeder living on scraps and loathing.
And I'll hate myself again. And try to float up to the light and the air and be a person again.
God grant me that grace someday.
Please?
MM, this is good. What's more, it's relevant to more than anyone who is/has been in customer service. The part I highlighted I marked because I can see myself as a teacher, maybe, if I lose myself, but I can also see other people I know -- therapists, social workers, casemanagers -- recognizing themselves and their own struggles.
People -- most people -- want to be good, And ergo, they want to read about heroes and yeah, Joe Miracleman's fighting-thetshittytbut-still-a-fight fight in the stinky bowels of some megacorporamonster. Cause that monster is always, essentially, US. Homo Sap.
Hey, it's Sunday, isn't it?
The cookie jar challenge is now closed.
This week's prompt is parting shot.