Well, it's awfully dusty in here...
Hey all. I know, it's been forever. I don't have an excuse this time...just life. But I thought I'd pop up again, to get some things out into the air...
I just spent the better part of an hour going through my old Yahoo mail account, the one I only check twice a month now, and I was amazed at how many reviews, favorite author, and favorite story alerts I got for DI, with a small interim of love for my other old stories. That doesn't even begin to broach how much fanart and fanmail I got, and still get sometimes. I got a flood of fifteen different watch/favorites for DI just over the last week, and I'm wondering if it was featured somewhere. I have over four years of alerts, left over from when I began, and I'm still getting new ones. I've also found masses of fanwork that I thought I'd lost, more than I could categorize on my own. I'm dumbstruck.
I went back to FP once, out of curiosity, and was disgusted to find that all my formatting had been sucked out of my stories. That irritated me. But, on the other side of it, I also learned DI had been added to multiple c2 communities…something I find flattering, considering I'd all but given up hope on my work. What with college, home-life problems, financial turmoil and other such problems, I suppose the time of 'fantasy' faded away for me for a while…but I'm sitting here, remembering having to wade through reviews and spending hours answering emails like I was someone special, when I never thought I was. I don't miss the fame as much as just knowing that people were looking forward to my stories, DI especially.
So, I think maybe I'll give it another try. This summer, I'm moving in with my mother, which will take away a lot of the stress my roommate and I are going through. After school's over with, I won't have much to do but work or sit in my room. If I can get up the inspiration, and if I can find enough time, I plan to either dredge up and print out or just locate the files on my old computer for DI…I always said someday I'd rewrite it, when I got my spark back, but maybe if I just reread it and edit it as I go, by the time I get to the last part, I'll be inspired enough to continue.
Yes, folks. That means, come summer, I am actually going to make an attempt to continue DI. I made a few half-hearted efforts while I was bogged down and unhappy, but they failed due to lack of time and energy. Don't get me wrong, I'm sick as a dog right now and exhausted, but seeing all the love poor old DI got in its day…I dunno, it sort of woke me up to the fact that a lot of people were looking to me at one time to entertain them, and I suppose I miss my guys.
I have some plans for the revival of the DI fandom, if anyone is interested. Just thought I'd mention. ^^; If anybody has thoughts, feel free to share. Sorry for the rant. But with any luck...this attempt won't fail.
~Xandra