Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it.
You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.
The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys.
Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.