Heh. It was hard, but I don't think it was all that brave. Notice I didn't make the post to ChildLit, I made it in my own blog, where I have a fairly small and friendly readership. Also, even I know Debbie is reading LJ now, she's not reading here, so I'm not bringing her into the discussion (not that I mind if she shows up in the discussion, but I wasn't reaching out to her). Mostly there's nothing like catching up on two months of pileup to make me feel incredibly uncomfortable.