Admittedly, I was a little scared to come visit the Mad Men section but luckily I did because I found this little gem :)

I felt that you really captured the essence of Joan. I especially loved the quote in the beginning (Christina Hendricks was perfect in that scene).

Joan is clearly a confident woman on the outside but severely heartbroken, one way or another. I can picture Joan having all of the feelings and insecurities you wrote about.

I guess my only gripe was that it wasn't long enough along with a few minor grammatical errors. Otherwise, A+. Great job. You should do more MM fics!

Hi! Joan's a favorite of mine (who doesn't like the resident vixen?) so I was pulled to your story for the sheer superficial reason of the main character.

This is some great opening work. You might want to consider placing us in a scene where some of this inner dialogue is revealed the the reader through Joan's actions, so the reader can see how she feels, and is not simply told.

I especially liked the line, "Roger, his compliments never felt like they should, they always caused more pain than they were worth. Somewhere in that damaged brain of his though, they made sense to him. And in that way they were the nicest things anyone ever said to her." This is certainly worth exploring in a longer piece!

This was great. Love the glimpse into how Joan's brain works since she is one of the more interesting complex characters and you can't help but love her.

I like this look at Joan. :)