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SOLICITED ADVICE #10: Things not to post

Is getting too emotional a bad thing? Send your question to askingsherry@gmail.com and each week I answer one at random:

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Hi Sherry, you wrote about hiding behind a persona when you write and how it’s like method acting. What part of yourself do you purposely keep out of your posts? Do you think it’s a bad thing to be too emotional when you write?

All the best,

K.

The sun sets at 9:30PM. We’re on our third round of martinis. The cicadas are buzzing. Shirts are unbuttoned down to the chest and skirts are shorter than the distance between admiration and desire. We’re having our weekly heart-to-heart, and we’re missing you at the table:


Dissecting your emotions is essential, but I don’t believe in handing the audience the scalpel.

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