SO) IS MUCH BETTER WRITTEN THAN THE FIRST. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT I AM A NOVICE WHO SORT OF "FELL INTO" THIS PSEUDO-CAREER OF WRITING BOOKS. I'VE HAD A GOOD DEAL TO LEARN AND TAKE NO SMALL AMOUNT OF PRIDE IN MY OWN THICK-SKULLED PROGRESS.

ABOUT THE ONLY WAY OF GETTING ANY ACTION FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS SECOND BOOK WOULD BE IF READERS WOULD WRITE IN AND ASK FOR MORE BOOKS WRITTEN BY "YOURS (BLUSHING) TRULY." BUT THIS | FEAR IS ASKING TOO MUCH OF ANYONE.

AS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO SUMMARIZE AND TOO MUCH TO GO INTO DETAIL. I'M ANOTHER HUMAN BEING TRYING TO GET ALONG IN THE WORLD, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. ACTUALLY, THE BACKGROUND AND GENERAL INFORMATION IN E OF T WAS (FOR THE MOST PART) BIOGRAPHICAL WITH ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS FOR THE SAKE OF DRAMATIC IMPACT.

| CONFESS I AM NOT A DEDICATED LESBIAN. THAT IS, ONE WHO THINKS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY OF LIFE, THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN GO JUMP IN THE LAKE; NOR ONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOMOSEXUALS. I WOULD PREFER IT IF PSYCHIATRY COULD LEARN ENOUGH ABOUT THE SUBJECT TO HELP THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT BELIEVE HOMOSEXUALITY IS THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS. EVEN AS IT EASIER TO DEAL WITH LIFE IF YOU ARE WHITE INSTEAD OF NEGRO, CHRISTIAN INSTEAD OF JEWISH, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF MINORITY, IT WOULD BE SIMPLER TO BE WHAT SOCIETY IMPOSES AS "NORMAL" AND BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE A HUSBAND AND BABIES WITH NO OTHER CONTRADICTORY THOUGHT EVER CLUTTERING THE BRAIN,

FOR MANY OF US, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, HOWEVER. IT IS THEREFORE OUR CROSS TO BEAR (NOT THE WORLD'S) AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE BORNE WITH DIGNITY, INTEGRITY AND DISCRETION. THERE IS A TENDENCY AMONG MANY HOMOSEXUALS AT LEAST, WITHIN MY OWN AREA OF FRIENDS TO MAKE THIS STATE THE APEX OF THEIR EXISTENCE, TO THINK OF NOTHING ELSE AND LIVE ONLY FOR THE EXPRESSION OF A SEX PREFERENCE. IT IS PERHAPS THIS TRAIT WHICH HAS GIVEN US THE REPUTATION OF BEING IRRESPONSIBLE. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN LIFE IF WE CAN OPEN OUR INTERESTS ENOUGH TO ENABLE US TO PLACE THE SEXUAL ASPECT OF LIFE IN ITS PROPER PROPORTION TO THE WHOLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL. PERHAPS A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT WOULD BE THAT SO MANY LESBIANS SEEM TO MAKE AN ABSOLUTE PROFESSION OUT OF IT TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL ELSE.