I'm the same, mostly because I've seen such negative posts about me that I'm thinking that I don't want any of those ugly, awful people to have anything of mine. Not even my words. But this is stupid because that are such in the minority, like why should I hostage myself for .000005% of the LJ population? I don't know why negativity is so much more powerful than it's opposite. Interesting..

Did finally post that pastiche I've been angsting over for the last two years. Finally just bit the bullet and self-published. It's selling okay, much better than I thought. I still need to market, but every second I spend marketing is time I don't spend writing. It sucks.

Glad to hear your time with Nick was so wonderful!