too hot for the room

I just learned that some of my writing bruised the feelings of people I recently wrote about. (From what I understand, it appears that this last dropped preposition is the least of my problems.)

I'm always sorry that I'm not sorry about what I write. Much of it is tongue-in-cheek; cavalier; some is blatant fiction - bastardized, based solely on my imagination; other pieces are maudlin, dramatic, depressing and true. I spare no one. Even - hell, especially myself. I don't recall writing even a single entry that I would shrink from reading to the very person I wrote about.

Irreverent

Over-the-line

Over-the-top

Outrageous

Audacious (alas, not bodacious)

Uncensored

Unexpurgated

Unapologetic

To quote an agent friend, "Don't change a thing - this stuff sells."

Let's hope so.