Hi Everybody

[lauren3210]

 
Hello everyone!

I've been absent for a long time, and I left quite abruptly, I know. Early last year my step-father was diagnosed with cancer, and it kind of threw our entire family into hell for a long time. We had some good news just before Christmas though, and things are looking good in that respect, and now things have calmed down a bit for us. So I feel up to coming back to fandom, and I thought I'd dip my toes by chatting to you all again!

Good things that happened in 2018:

• Eryn turned 18! She took her A Levels, did fantastically well, and she is now a student at Goldsmiths University of London, studying Sociology and Anthropology! Leaving her there in the middle of London was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life, but she loves it there. She's made loads of friends, is enjoying her classes, and having fun learning to live with a bunch of other 18 year olds who also have no idea how to adult. Look at this gorgeous thing; I must have been incredibly good in a past life to have deserved her:

• Madison came top in her year at school! She got all the GCSE options she wanted, and is currently participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award, because she's a little over-achiever, haha! 
• We had a chat with Imogen's teachers, who are happy to use male/neutral pronouns for them, which has made Imogen feel a lot happier. We're currently trying out new names.
• Ben got the all clear after his second surgery (oh yeah, that was a thing that happened to us as well), and he's back at work and happy.
• I gave up my job! It wasn't making me happy, because I kept getting refused a move into the sector I have TRAINED FOR, and I spent most of my time frustrated and biting my tongue against yelling at everybody. I feel much happier now.

And now I'm going to ask you a question (a sneaky way to get you all to talk to me again, haha) - for the writers out there: Is there a particular fic of yours that you go to when you're feeling a bit down about your writing, because the comments make you feel like a fic-writing genius and make you want to write again? If so, which one is it? I need a rec list, basically, lol. Mine is Five Weddings and a Funeral, because the comments on that one make me feel as though I am floating on air.

Anyway, hope your start to the new year have been awesome for you all, and I'm glad to be back! xx

 

Comments

[gracerene]

Hi!!! SO good to hear from you my dear! I'm really glad things are looking good for your step-dad, and it sounds like you had some big and good things happen in 2018!

And what an awesome question! I've never really thought of it like that, but there are definitely fics that I do that for. I actually have several, and I realized as I was thinking about it that a lot of them tend to be fics that A. I was really excited/passionate about writing and B. maybe have content/themes/etc. that inspire intense emotion (hence amazing comments) and thus might not be everybody's cup of tea. I can think of about 5 fics that I go to for this kind of thing, but so as not to give you my entire masterlist, LOL, I'd say the first fic that immediately came to mind for me was When Shared (Drarry, Explicit, 6k) which is kind of an angsty fic with an ambiguous ending and def not for everybody (so please don't feel you have to read it if you'd prefer something happier ATM), but I wanted to explore some of the ways in which Harry & Draco might not ultimately be compatible, even if they love each other, and it was kind of a cathartic writing experience. Due to the content I sort of thought nobody would read it, but it has some of the most thoughtful and lovey comments on it out of all of my works, and I've definitely reread the over the past year when I've been feeling wibblly about writing! <3

Excited about hopefully seeing more of you this year!

[besamislabios]

*waves hello*

it's so nice to hear from you and yours! kids grow up so fast. I'm glad they're all doing fine. I wasn't much around last year either, but i plan to at least check my flist more often. :)

If you're in the mood for stucky fics, I've posted some rec lists.