Nope, definitely someone else

"Honestly, this is the most hilarious thing I've heard all week, and my kids are in pre-school!"

"She doesn't have a mean bone in her body! In fact, I've rarely seen her get mad about anything. There's no way it's her."

"I agree. Now, if it was a children's book about kindness and joy, I might be complelled to think it's her. But all that angst? Action? The romance!"

"Oh my God, yes! The romance was so incredible, and I haven't felt rage on behalf of a character this intensely before. If I remember right, she's never been in a long term relationship, has she?"

"That's true. She rarely dates, hates going out too. For some reason she gives great relationship advice though."

"That just means she's an introvert and a great empath. I don't think these books are by her, in any case."

"I feel the same, it's just...the way the words are written, the flow, the humor... the snarkiness is very unique to her. The little one liners I swear I've heard her say them sometimes."

"Nah, probably just a coincidence. The thing is she's too nice. She'll give you everything she has if she thinks it's what you need. She's also so sunshiny and happy. But some of the characters in these novels? Selfish as fuck. The charecterizations are often dark too. Granted it's for the plot, but I can't imagine she could have a part of her brain that can fathom, let alone write all this."

"I think you're right. Let's go meet her this weekend. We love her just as she is, it doesn't really matter whether or not she writes books like these."

Author's note:

Hi! Thank you for reading! So I am a closet author and this little drabble is how I imagine my friends would react if they read my fantasy novel. (Let me know if you'd like to read this too! I have quite a few chapters ready and the outline is complete.)

I write under a pen name and no one close to me knows I have a ongoing writer persona :) Sometimes it's more of a curse than a blessing, but it gives me more creative freedom to write. It's hard to find new readers when you don't have a network to start off with so I am super glad to be a part of communities like Prose where writers and readers can support each other without judgement. :)