So true; R____ is not Rasheed.

No, his real name was Rhett. I’m kidding about the Witness Protection Program, and it was nearly 30 years ago. No one cares, now. But they really did treat him badly, and I have not forgotten that in all this time. In all seriousness, don’t provoke the poets. At least not the ones who are truly pouring their tender, juicy hearts onto the page, rather than flaying them live in the operating theatre for all and sundry to examine while they move on to eviscerate a novel, or something.

There’s no place for the thin-skinned, not if you want your writing to be read and published professionally.