I’m almost a month into my new job as a writer for ReadWriteWeb and I’ve already been called, “offensive”, “racist” and “a denigrator of religious minorities.” At some point in my tech reviews I’ve managed to take on the same post-colonial hate mongering that put my grandparents in internment camps and kept them paranoid about systemic prejudice until their dying days. Or maybe, rather than being a grand oppressor in the system of evil, I’m just one singular asshole.

While it’s not the RWW debut I’d planned, I’m honestly thrilled that strangers have actually read my writing and responded. I’m not sure if this will change or not, but I have a belief that if you’re going to try and be a writer, honesty is important. While it’s not my intent to be offensive, I want to write in my own voice, and I’ll be the first to admit that this voice isn’t always PC. That being said, it might be nice to remember that I’m not some bigwig fancy pants with crazy investments and an infinity pool.

I’m a dumpy Asian Canadian female getting paid per post to type up stories in her kitchen while her great boyfriend works his ass off to pay the rent and keep the writing dream alive. There are no roadsters in our garage, no insane parties and there’s no caviar in our fridge - in fact, all we’ve got is expired condiments. But think about this. If you’re some passionate and gritty little entrepreneur with a decent company launched out of nowheresville, who do you think is going to root for you as an underdog? Me or some fancy pants? Email me pitches at dana[at]readwriteweb[dot]com and try not to call me a jerk in the subject line.