All writers face criticism eventually. Some of it is written, some oral. Some of it is presented positively, some harshly. But, I doubt anyone has seen a critique presently like this:
What really happened isn’t that bad. My wife laid the story next to the stove. She started making supper and came to see me about something or the other. She returned to the kitchen, and I heard the oven fan turn on and smelled something burning. I ventured down and saw the picture above.
We had a big laugh and after supper, went over her suggestions.
I’m an author living in northern Virginia with a wife and a cat. In the late ’80s, I worked on the International Space Station project. I recently retired from managing a group of software engineers to focus on writing science fiction and speculative fiction. Learn more.