[Kaderin Triste]

I used to love writing (as evidenced by the almost 80 stories and segments of stiries on my computer plus almost 60 character profiles in varying degrees of completion), but the older I got, the more I started to compare my work with actual authors and I started to realize that my writing is not even good enough for mediocre young-adult novels. Plus, a severe lack of support from family hasn't helped. My dad especially is always very negative every time I say "I want to do/learn x" but the last few years I've been pretty good about tuning out his criticisms of my life.