Thread by @cicerfics

Today is a special anniversary for me, so excuse me while I do some self-indulgent rambling!

On February 10th, 2020, I was coming out of a major writing drought. It had been 2.5 years since I’d done any creative writing whatsoever, and 7.5 years since I wrote fanfiction.

You read that right: Seven. Point. Five. Years.

I thought my writing days were done.

But I’d recently fallen in love with CQL. For the first time in ages, I actually WANTED to write. I felt like I had a story inside of me, a story that was struggling to get out.

So I sat down, without any outline or plans. I pulled up a fresh document.

And I wrote the opening scene to ‘so take my hand (take my whole life too)’.

And here I am, one year later.

I crunched the numbers and I’m just dumbfounded. I wrote about 825k in the last twelve months. And I loved every single minute of the time I spent on my writing.

So I’d just like to say thank you.

To everyone in this fandom. To everyone who ever left a kudos or a comment on my word. To everyone out there producing content for these characters.

Being a part of this fandom completely saved my sanity during this last godawful year. It helped me to rediscover the joy of writing, even when I thought that was gone for good.

I’m so incredibly grateful to all of you. ♥️