Hence the edits. When I’m writing, I put at least a week between finishing something and editing it, because that space gives me time to see what I *actually* wrote instead of what I *meant* to write—that’s a good thing. The cringe is just part of the process.

Embrace the cringe, but be kind to yourself. It’s never going to go away. I’ll reread the books I wrote in my teens and 20s and they seem like utter garbage, but I was a different (less practiced, less experienced, less everything) person back then. For more recent writing: just edit out the cringe.

Joy is overrated

Maybe, indeed. We shall see 🔮

Been there.

…and I actually did end up buying my own ebook.