Aw, Ken Hirai.

Don’t feel you wasted your time sleeping. Sleep is gooooooooood.

happy birthday!!!!!, going to sleep, will talk to you tomorrow, nothing i am saying before you get booted is that interesting, believe it

You’re right that everyone has the writers’ envy. I think the hard part is not getting rid of it, because you never do, but transforming it to something that makes you feel good about your own skills, so that you can borrow strength from the things about other people’s work that you like and then be happy with your ability to take your own writing in a new direction or just go a little faster in the direction you were going. Sometimes it feels like writing skill is a zero-sum game, but it really isn’t.

Happy birthday. I miss you on LJ, even though I’m not on there much anymore either.

I’m so happy that you’ve made such huge strides lately in putting together the life that you want. Very proud and envious!

And re. writing: oh, not this again. You are such a better writer than Shallott and Mirabella. Not to mention that other one. I’m going to keep telling you this until you listen to me, damnit. You don’t go for easy answers and resolutions, and you don’t pander to your audience. And most important (and rare) of all, you never stop pushing yourself to improve in your writing, just as you never stop challenging yourself in every other area of your life. That refusal to coast on past accomplishments one of the things I love most about you, and I’m so delighted it’s paid off so well in these past months.

*lots of hearts*