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August 2 question: Have you ever written something that afterwards you felt conflicted about? If so, did you let it stay how it was, take it out, or rewrite it?

Jayden: Yes! My first published novel is titled Slave. The main character is a submissive whose only name in the entire novel is Slave. She has no other name (and doesn’t want or need one). It’s a huge fantasy of mine, and I loved writing the novel. But looking back at it, I feel like it’s not an appropriate title given the history of the term. But I can’t just re-title the book. I would literally have to change the whole novel. So…I just took it off the market a while back. As it was my first published novel, I’m a better writer now anyway. What do you think? Should I put it back on the market?

Richard: Not in any kind of a professionalish context. I did some very weird prompts and roleplays over the years that I felt kind of icky about. I didn’t really do anything as a response, I think they’ve all just disappeared into the digital ether.