False Praise

I've come to learn that people say a lot of things they "agree" with because that is what they think you agree with. A friend was referred to my website and decided to call me to discuss my writing career. He talked about how he believed I would one day have works published in University English book to be studied and went on and on and on in that direction. He talked about how real my website was and wonderful the writing was. I listened intently to his monologue before calling him on his crap. He didn't actually read my stories, he read enough of the welcome page to reference what he thought were a few key phrases and went from there. If he had read the site, he would have known that you will never find a story like Late Night Craving in any University book. He would not have said what he thought a writer wants to hear. He would have said something like I would be a best seller and horny men/women everywhere would sing the praises of the brilliant Renise B. Yes, this is a conceded thought but I'm an artist, that's how I am. When I broke that down to him, he admitted to not having read the site, but only reading the introduction. We artists are a sensitive people. We love praise but dislike false attempts especially when you aren't even familiar with our work. If you want to make me happy, the best thing to do is actually read my work.