When the Weapon Was Pointed at Me

When the Weapon Was Pointed at Me

Meanwhile, some powerful stuff from Brent Simmons:

In retrospect there are a couple other things to learn. One is that nobody but me has any memory of this at all.

Another is that I wasted that six months being hurt by this. I was certainly depressed during that time, and I didn’t need to be, because it wasn’t worth it.

And I’m still hurt by it, so many years later, and I should let it go, but there it is.

Simmons’ piece comes in the fallout of Samantha Bielfeld’s caution to female writers:

I’m new to the idea of writing for an audience, and certainly inexperienced when it comes to receiving hundreds of hurtful emails in response. A word of wisdom to female writers out there; if you publish something negative about Marco, you will receive threats of rape, and physical harm.