Damn the gatekeepers

There is room for all of us!

This morning I was sent a pretty stinging message from a poet/writer whom I have never met, but whose work I really respect.   They offered (not so kindly) that I am hurting the genre by writing in the way I do.  These kind of messages aren’t new to me as over the past few months I have been receiving others that carry the theme of “what gives you the r…