Holy crap, I just happened to wander by and spotted that I...

Holy crap, I just happened to wander by and spotted that I suddenly seem to have 6,700 followers!! That’s unbelievable! June will mark 10 years since I rejoined the world of fanwork and fandom in general, and August will be 10 years since I got myself my humble little tumblr account. In that time, I’ve had or witnessed fights, dramas, mass unfollowings, death threats and invitations to off myself (yes, really!), but all that fades in light of all of the incredibly good things that have come with being a part of a fanworld again. My first fandom was Harry Potter, and JK Rowling ruined it for me, first with that horrific epilogue, secondly by constantly adding “facts” that she hadn’t actually written into her own canon, and thirdly, by outing herself as a massive transphobe and bigot, and it really soured me on things, so I wandered away. Then I discovered the massive acting skills of Benedict Cumberbatch, which brought me to the world of Sherlock, and here I still am a decade later. 

I just celebrated my very first fic in this fandom having reached 20,000 hits, and just yesterday someone just left me a comment on the second one, adding that they couldn’t believe I was still answering comments on it. I could have just as easily said (and I think I did!) that I can’t believe that people are still reading my stuff ten years on. And I’m still writing! I’m slower (read: busier!) than I used to be, rocking a full-time job and two part-time ones, which has really eaten into my writing time, but I promise, I’m still here and grateful to be! This world and the fine, fine people in it have literally changed my life and saved me more times than Sherlock and John have saved each other. I’m grateful. 

I have friends who would nag me to mention it, so here you go (you know who you are!!): I have a patreon, if you feel inclined. Please don’t feel that you ever have to, or that you need to keep on if you start. But that’s there if it’s a thing you like to do. My account is set up for monthly donations, and if you’d ever just rather send a one-off sort of thing, my email for PayPal is silentauror@yahoo.com (old school, lol!). Meanwhile, thank you for being here, thank you for your friendship, and thank you for reading my stuff. :)