Anyone here a writecel?

I enjoy writing fiction. I've got a few short stories that I'm reasonably happy with, and my goal for this year is to get published somewhere (doesn't have to be prestigious, but can't be a vanity collection, a scam, or my blog). I also have some longer term projects, including a novel, but it needs another draft.

I write to explore other perspectives and ideas. My stories tend to be more nuanced than my knee-jerk reactions to things (online or in real life). I also use writing to express my own feelings and attitudes, but I try to complicate them or play with them in some way. To me, part of what makes writing special is it's always a bit indirect. You're never just beaming something from your head to your reader. They are shaping the scenes and characters based on their own lives, biases, experiences, attitudes, etc, and no two people perceive a story the same way. The challenge for a writer is leaving just the right amount of room for that.

Tagging @X (formerly chiobu) since you mentioned me