I have decided I need to think about whether I have just become too sensitive or if I really have reason to be hurt by certain people. I have had my feelings hurt this week by two different people (AND I am not having PMS) and I need to think about my reactions to these things. One of the people I KNOW thinks the whole world revolves around her so I am never shocked (Yes, I am, really) when she is insensitive or when she takes my ideas and spouts them like they are her own. The other person, I don’t know as well so I’m not sure of where she is coming from. But you can bet your sweet ass if she had had some stories published, she wouldn’t be so quick to say mine don’t count. She’d be as insulted as I am when she discounts the fact that someone besides family and friends likes my work. It just hurts when she says mine don’t count because they aren’t romance. How does she know? For example, has she read Christmas in Outer Space? My entry is definitely a romance story- now, granted, it was not published by a RWA recognized publisher but it WAS published in a real anthology, with a real editor, that read it and chose it for her book.
Sensitive, maybe. But by God, I should get credit for my work!
Rant over. Adios. 
Jillian Chantal 
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