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Jennifer Jackson posted in her LiveJournal about clients having marital difficulties because of their spouses didn't get the whole writing thing.

I suppose I can understand that part. But what really gets me is this comment. Apparently her husband was a serious SOB, because frankly, this boggles the mind.

I live with another writer. I think it's great. I read her stuff, she reads mine and we give each other advice. I make all kinds of suggestions about her stuff. I never send anything out unless she's read it and proofed it.

Now, I'm not saying she's my only proof reader, nor am I her only proof reader. That would be unwise. See, I speak really good Katherine and she speaks really good Brian. We know each other so well, sometimes we can intuitively tell what the other is talking about even though it isn't clear in the story. That's why I get other people to read my stuff as well, and she does the same. But that's beside the point.

We *support* each other when it comes to the writing. We help each other. We give each other frequent "that doesn't sucks"s. I can't understand how two writers could not do that for each other. It's hard getting through a story, and I'll take any help I can get, and I'll give her any help I can, because her success is just as important to me as my own, and I don't see how her being successful in any way affects my chances of success.

So I look at that post and I just don't get it.