I really should get used to sharing my work. I find that when I post a poem or song to the list, or I show them to someone, I always get uncomfortable or simply don't know how to respond when they love it. I get all shy and silly, like a little kid. I need to learn to gracefully accept praise... somehow...

There's also the paranoia deep down that someone will be heavily critical of my work. Not that I can't take constructive criticism, in fact sometimes I welcome it, it's just that I get tired of it sometimes after putting up with it in college for so long. You can't say/sing/play a word in the music department without some professor ignoring it and brushing you off or other students snobbily pointing out every detail as stupid or unoriginal.

Must be that I'm just not used to people saying nice things about my work. :-)