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Story # 100

Story # 100

No Silent Appreciation

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Rick Lewis
Jun 29, 2025
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I had just published my first article after having been encouraged to do so by the organizers of a writing course I was taking. I couldn’t wait for the world to discover my brilliant ideas.

I published. Then I waited.

Impatiently, I kept hitting the dashboard refresh button, desperately hoping for approval in the form of a like or a comment on my writing…

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