The gift for words and electronic publishing

The Wonders tell Frederic he has a truly amazing gift for words.

He replies that repeated rejection makes that hard to believe; they answer that he was writing to please others rather than for himself.

They encourage him to write anything - short or long stories - and point out that electronic publishing costs nothing and lets him sell his words in many formats through Amazon, Google or his own website.

They tease that his self-deprecating humor and scattered comments could be collected into a book that many would enjoy, and repeat that he should stop navel-gazing since no one else is interested in his navel.