User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/Gilded Chris Acceptance Speech - Featured Story/@comment-1874924-20100604032504

Yeah, Spenny, I found it remarkable and most gratifying that I was accepted here so warmly. Of course, this is first and foremost a writer's website, and I think it's been established that I have things to offer that people here are interested in.

As I have mentioned elsewhere, I think it also helped that I was so upfront about my age. It might not have gone so well if I had tried to pass myself off as a teen.