Because I apparently have no self control...
I'm leaving HP fandom indefinitely. This has been coming for some time, though I've always held off for some reason or other. But my excuses are gone - I finished my Help_Haiti fic for Marta, I finished my Next Gen Boys table, I turned over modding duties to others for anything I was modding, I haven't joined any new fests, so, yeah, my plate is clean.
The reason I'm leaving is because I can never do anything by halves. When I realized how much I loved the HP community (and Snarry in particular) I threw myself into it with a ferver. As months and then years went by, I let real life interests fall to the wayside. I need to get back to those interests, back to a more active life, and I can't seem to do that if I'm involved in fanfiction. It's too easy to let myself get lost in the next story, the next fest, the next idea.
On top of that, my family (including my husband) know nothing of my fanfic life. It sucks to have a secret like that - sucks to not be able to share my victories and defeats.
My last Snarry will go public today - it's almost 40k and is my help-haiti fic for Marta. I put my everything into it as I knew it'd be my swan song - my final love letter to the boys I adore. It's going to be featured on hp_weekend_fics tonight and I'll link to it in my journal within the next couple of days.
I've made some awesome friends in fandom, and I appreciate everything that anyone's ever done for me.
I will be 'around' for a few more days - a week or so likely, so I can update my Master List (I plan on leaving my journal as is - I've deleted most non-fic posts, however), etc. I will also, of course, be finishing literaryspell's awesome slave fic WiP.
And I will still be around in a way because I will never stop beta'ing bk7brokemybrain's fics.
If anyone needs to ever get in touch with me, email me at asnowyowl23@yahoo.com.
I'd love it if you'd leave a 'goodbye' in comments so I can tell you each individually what you mean to me. *wipes tear*
Love you!!
The reason I'm leaving is because I can never do anything by halves. When I realized how much I loved the HP community (and Snarry in particular) I threw myself into it with a ferver. As months and then years went by, I let real life interests fall to the wayside. I need to get back to those interests, back to a more active life, and I can't seem to do that if I'm involved in fanfiction. It's too easy to let myself get lost in the next story, the next fest, the next idea.
On top of that, my family (including my husband) know nothing of my fanfic life. It sucks to have a secret like that - sucks to not be able to share my victories and defeats.
My last Snarry will go public today - it's almost 40k and is my help-haiti fic for Marta. I put my everything into it as I knew it'd be my swan song - my final love letter to the boys I adore. It's going to be featured on hp_weekend_fics tonight and I'll link to it in my journal within the next couple of days.
I've made some awesome friends in fandom, and I appreciate everything that anyone's ever done for me.
I will be 'around' for a few more days - a week or so likely, so I can update my Master List (I plan on leaving my journal as is - I've deleted most non-fic posts, however), etc. I will also, of course, be finishing literaryspell's awesome slave fic WiP.
And I will still be around in a way because I will never stop beta'ing bk7brokemybrain's fics.
If anyone needs to ever get in touch with me, email me at asnowyowl23@yahoo.com.
I'd love it if you'd leave a 'goodbye' in comments so I can tell you each individually what you mean to me. *wipes tear*
Love you!!