Kenzie Mishelle Phlox

Advice or thoughts, please!
          
          I created a Gmail account so I can email people as my pen name, especially if I'm sending them an email regarding an opinion piece or blog post I wrote (like an anti-war post to a politician, for example). I use the same username for my Gmail—which has the word, writer, in it—that I'm using on Instagram, Wordpress, and Wattpad. But I'm wondering if I should have left off the word, writer, as it might appear "too promotional," like I'm just trying to promote myself. I mean I know as writers we're supposed to promote our writing to get our stuff out there but I don't want to come off as "self-promoting" when I'm sending an email regarding something I wrote because I have a message that I genuinely want to share and get out there rather than "just promoting my work." But the email address has been created and I've already used it to email some people (quite a number of people actually, most of whom haven't replied back and I don't/didn't expect them to anyway).
          
          But do you think it was a good idea to have the word writer in my Gmail username? Or you think I should have left it off or that I should create a new Gmail?
          
          I know it's probably a small thing to worry about in the grand scheme of things. But my brain is weird.
          
          And speaking of "self-promoting": Any advice for sharing my writing on Reddit in non-writing subs to get thoughts without looking like I'm "self-promoting" when I'm genuinely seeking people's thoughts?
          
          Some of my writing is, some would say, political in nature, and I'm genuinely interested in hearing what people from across the political spectrum has to say about some of the stuff I write but I'm afraid if I post in those subs, they'll think I'm just trying to "self-promote" when I really do want to hear what people has to say (thoughts and opinions).

thank you so much for the follow, keep writing and godbless you ♥️♥️☺️

Right now, my focus is on my writing. But sometimes in the future, I will be working on my cover design skills to give my books better covers. I don't know when that'll be, or how long it will be until I get to it.

Thanks for the follow :)

My miscellaneous poetry book is finally back up. Only 7 poems but the book is back up now. It took me from April 12, 2023 to June 15, 2023 (two months and 3 days) to finish my miscellaneous poetry book.
          
          And since it's an ongoing work (like all of my poetry books), more poems may be added in the future or from time to time.

So it took me from January 27, 2023 to March 28, 2023 (2 months and a day) to finish my songbook (7 songs; 2 songs had already been put back up way before I started on the others).

My songbook is finally back up!! ❤

First Wattpad post of 2023. It's been awhile. I wanted to let everyone know where I'm at, regarding my writing.
          
          I decided to work on my song lyrics before working on my poems. Five back up so far. And more coming. Stay tuned.
          
          I also added a Writer's Note to my songbook.
          
          So I haven't disappeared.

As promised, my poem "Possessed" is back up on Wattpad, with a whole new look and feel. Feeling satisfied and proud of this, and the direction I went with this poem.

I'm finally back at my poetry, which is a slow process for me.
          
          Before putting my poems back up on Wattpad, I'm gonna share them (one or two at a time) in a couple of Facebook writing groups I'm in to get feedback and constructive criticism which will hopefully help me to be satisfied with what I wrote so I won't keep rewriting and rewriting after the poems has been published. Sometimes it helps to go by the judgment of others' because our own judgment can be...biased. Especially true in my case. If I think to myself, "this is good", it could just be because I wrote it. If I think to myself, "this is not good", it could just be because of my self-esteem and confidence issues. So the opinions and feedback from others will be a great help and necessary for me to move forward with my writing.
          
          I will probably be putting my poem "Possessed" back up here on Wattpad sometimes this week or next. Maybe sooner.