By Slanted Light

Hi Kiashi - thank you so much for dropping into my lj, and what an amazing comment to receive! It makes me happy whenever I hear that someone's enjoyed my stories, but the idea that they've helped someone through bad times as well is just... well, if nothing else did, then it would make every story I've ever written more worthwhile. People can be so awful to each other that I can barely believe it, but knowing that we can help each other through it, even when we don't know that we're helping each other, is such encouragement for life, I think. And a reminder that there are reasons for doing everything that we do with love and passion, even when they don't seem to be clear at all. So thank you for reminding me what writing, and writing Pros, is all about. *g*

I think we've communicated over at A03 a bit as well - I'm always a bit thrown by A03, because I think of it as a story archive rather than somewhere for discussions, but really there's no reason it can't be both when needed. And your comments there are always much appreciated, even when I haven't replied... *g* June/July are always my months of heavy work commitments, but things are lightening up again now (though I've also just arranged to move house at the end of August!) so I shall try to carry on posting my old stories to A03 now. And hopefully - hopefully get back to writing some new ones... *g*

I hope things are much better for you now, and that you're finding new friends in your world - it's never easy to do, but I shall have faith that they're out there for us all. Thank you...