One of the sites I post stories at, storywrite.com, is full of a lot of different authors...not just gay or straight. There's seperate story and poetry sites there, too, and I really enjoy posting there. One of the features of the site that drew me in was the story contests that people can put on. The prizes are points, and after you've built up a certain amount of points, you can have your own contest. I won Silver in one of them and grabbed honorable mention in another. So I figured I'd enter a third contest.

Well, I submitted A Family's Sorrow and was shocked that the contest was decided before my story was ever viewed by a judge. So I entered a different story in a different contest that the same person was holding, and this time they commented that they hated the story and that further more, "gay erotica" wasn't allowed as stated in the rules.

I sent a private message to this person and told them that neither of the stories I added had "gay erotica" in them, and she messaged me back that she couldn't relate to any gay themed story, and that she meant no homosexuality period. At that point my blood was boiling, so I sent her a reply withdrawing my story and apologizing to her for disturbing her with "my sickness".

So anyway she messages me back to say that one of her best friends is gay, and that she isn't a homophobe. I ignore her message because reading that load of crap made me sick to my stomach. She's either lying or a horrible friend because she said herself that she couldn't relate to homosexual themes. How in the hell is she able to have a real friendship with a gay or lesbian individual if she can't stomach reading a story?

So that was a few days ago. Today she messages me to say that she loved my story and that she could totally relate to the main character. She went on to add, "Being gay must be so hard." Please excuse me while I puke my cheese grits and collard greens up.

So anyway, I want to ignore her and just move on, but it's obvious that she's trying to prove to me that she's not a homophobe. Here's my question::: Should I re-submit my story into her contest? Should I just ignore her altogether? Should I message her back and tell her what I phoney I think she is? Or should I message her and ask her to refrain from messaging me at all?

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Well, I'm trying to keep my mind off of something disturbing that I read on another blog tonight. I just really hope that I'm wrong about what I think they were saying, but I think Sharon was right to reply the way she did. To the person who wrote what they did, if you're reading this, please stop and think about the harm you'll be doing to everyone in your life, especially your son. He doesn't deserve that. So if it's not too late, please don't do it and please, talk to someone. Anyone.

Kisses

Nick