Terrific post, Emily! I'll go second: My name is Mary Ann Faughnan. I write constantly--for my day job, for my kids, for general correspondence--but I rarely give myself the time to write for myself. I am definitely an obliger, as it seems there is...

Thanks for this wonderful post, Madeline! I'm both a writer and an editor, and although I sometimes can't help fixing things in my own drafts as I go along, I wholeheartedly agree with your advice to get those other pairs of impartial eyes to review...