I’ve been sitting here in front of this computer for twenty minutes trying to figure out what to write, or how to express my gratitude. I first wrote this story in 2013, when I had never read a single piece of fanfiction. I never had any creative writing experience prior and sort of jumped into it…then proceeded to get my ass handed to me. That was one hell of a blow to my ego, but damn, what a learning experience. I didn’t give up then.
The second time I wrote this was two years after that. I wanted to see if I could push this story just a little more. During that time I was in heavy schooling, I would have to commute to school, which meant I was sitting in crazy traffic for hours. I never really got a chance to really work on this story. And as some of you know the summer of 2015 was one of the shittiest things to happen to me. I won’t go into detail because most of you already know. It was a hard place for me to be mentally and physically, and I picked the wrong person to Beta my story. My story no longer felt like mine, in fact I was disgusted and started to resent my story.
My mind felt dull and numb, like all my creativity was taken from me. Which was terrifying, because I felt like my mind and creativity was all I had to offer.
It was my friends on here who had brought back my love for this story. Hours upon hours spent talking with the few who really cared about my characters, who wanted to know about all the crossovers, who helped pushed me in fleshing out my characters. There were some of you who really believed in my work and rallied in supporting me on this rewrite. The number of supporters have grown and I am so thankful. The story isn’t perfect, and it’s not exactly to that standard of perfection I have in mind, but I’m proud of how far it’s come.
So thank you to all of you who have supported me. Those of you who I know I can count on when it comes to reblogging my edits, literally I always know I can count on you guys to spread my art. Thank you to those of you who take time out of your day to send me questions, show interest, and know my characters so well. Thank you to those of you and your quirky crossovers, and loving my ocs even though they can be hard to love. Those of you who have read this story before and are reading it again, omg you guys are seriously and genuinely the best, I’m so lucky to have you guys. To those of you who actually review my chapters? Not only do you guys leave me reviews, but hands down the most amazing reviews, to the point where I literally read them over and over again when I need a smile. Thank you to those of you who have helped me edit my work and sit on my doc while I write, you guys have helped me improve my style like crazy! Thank you to those of you who are BINGE READING AS WE SPEAK! I know this story isn’t easy to get through with its slow buildup and many questions and there are so many damn chapters!?! Thank you so much, I hope you guys are enjoying this!
Thank you to those of you who have made me the most stunning edits, I love and marvel over every single one of them!
And thank you to other content creators on here, you guys are so damn talented and set the bar so very high. When I see your beautiful edits or beautiful writing it sets a fire under my ass and I mean that in the best way. You guys are so motivating, and help me push myself farther, so I can make and do things I didn’t think I could do. You’re all so damn talented.
I’ve hit just one milestone of many, and I hope I can see this story all the way through. With your love and support, I think I can! Thank you <3
Without further ado, here is the last chapter of The Gloaming ( X )
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