![]() Author has written 7 stories for Harry Potter. Uh, hi. So way way back around 2010 I started writing fanfic as a way of expressing myself in writing and because I thought I could do a better job than about 90% of what I read. Also my life was in a rough spot bc my first child had died shortly after his premature birth following a difficult pregnancy filled with complications. I was learning to live with a gaping wound in my chest where my shattered heart resided. I started writing stories as a way to escape. They didn't suck. People seemed to enjoy them and I got better and better as a writer. Then I got pregnant again and this time I had a baby and suddenly I had much less time. Work got insanely more demanding and life was just ... a lot. Then I started trying to come back and finish and then I had another baby and the idea of free time disappeared for a few years. Work got worse, Donald Trump was President and I was struggling hard to deal with all the things (so it turns out I had ADHD all this time, and a massive anxiety disorder). And time passed as I blinked and suddenly years had gone by and I'd never updated and honestly ... I just don't write the same way. I've continued parts and pieces here and there. I recently picked up A Sense of Belonging again and re-read it and found my original outline and maybe this summer I'll give it a go. I have original fiction I'm working on for publication as well. If you supported me and read my stuff before - thank you! I'm sorry. I wish I'd finished but I can't promise I will. I hate it but even though I quit my job, my freelance work takes up a huge amount of time, and I just have lots to do and limited attention spans. Keep it on notifications, you never know. But please do know I am incredibly grateful for every PM and every review that encouraged me and cheered me on and loved the writing because it sustained me through an incredibly dark period. JKR may have turned out to be racially problematic and transphobic AF but the beauty of fanfic is that it's not hers. So we always have this to come back to. Maybe we will meet again in future. Until then, be well and be kind. |