My name is Jasmine. Nice to meet you. Maybe you hate me, maybe I'm a taboo or an inside joke, or maybe I'm an author or reviewer that once meant something to you.
No, this isn't a new chapter. I'm sorry to disappoint those of you who might still actually care, and if you do, thank you. And also, this isn't proofread, so...
This is... well, I don't even know. But let me shed some light on the situation, and maybe explain why I left fanfiction. But maybe some of you didn't even know that.
To those of you who have been on ff for at least a little over a year, you might remember me. The eager reviewer, the SG lover, or even that 'cool new author,' oah ehm ghee. You might remember that little blip about Monstina and Revina, which irritated me since I never thought it was a big deal, or maybe since you got a chapter update email and you reread the last couple of chapters. I got some not so nice reviews (though not exactly rude) and rarely did they ever mention anything about the actual chapter. I don't know exactly what happened, but I decided to quit Fanfiction. I think it also had something to do with how it controlled my life.
And to all you wonderful authors, I'm sorry, but no, I haven't read your new chapters in about a year.
Now, I constantly thought about writing this sort of thing, saying that I left, but I never did. I always talked myself out of it. I got constant reminders via email about , but I would delete them without a thought. I'd thought about deleting my account, but I obviously didn't, and I'll tell you why in a little bit. And I guess (I just now realized) that my sister (ehll oah ehll) quit too... I'll ask her why sometime. But yeah, I quit. And in the meantime, I got addicted to . Some of you might recognize the site. I created an account on there, also oahehmghee, and my sister too (ehlloahehll) and we each wrote our own stories. I read so many stories... and yet, mine (The Kids Who Saved the World, previously titled The Storybook Ending) only has four chapters... my sisters has only like two though...
Sorry, getting off topic.
So, as I said, I didn't want to delete my account. There were two main reasons.
1) I could always look back at my old works (which I never did. I still haven't.)
2) I always hoped someone would stumble across it and like it...
Now let me elaborate on number 2. Back when I was involved with this site, I was FF crazy. Any author I liked, I would find all their books and read the SG ones. I would dig deep into the depths of SG fanfics to try and read as many as possible. I had a goal to read them all.
It was tedious work, but I loved it.
So what does that have to do with anything?
I hoped someone like me would unearth my story, maybe like it, hopefully review, and I hoped that they could give me feedback on the actual story. I told myself that then, I'd have to write this, because I'd know at least a few people care... or something, I dunno...
But someone did review. Maybe last month-ish, the penname (and I'm sorry if you don't want to be part of this) Chicly.
Chicly 6/11/13 . chapter 5
Chapter five is my favorite! Sabrina's mood swings are so random! You should have written more chapters though!
I don't know how that gray got there, I just copied and pasted... Maybe that's new, or it'll go away when I post this.
But yeah, that was a really sweet review, all I could have asked for. Most people actually DIDN'T like the mood swings though (at first I didn't know what Chicly was talking about since it'd been too long). And then the 'write more chapters' thing made me think something crazy, but I'll tell you in a little bit.
So I kept that in my inbox for a while to remind myself, but I just couldn't. I decided eventually that sweet Chicly was just going to have to be disappointed... which made me feel terrible. It really did. flash forward to this morning.
It was a bright, sunny morning, when all through my house, everyone was stirring, ...
Ok, forget that. Basically I woke up at 9:45 with only seven hours of sleep from late night guests and wattpad reading, and my mom yelling at me that it was 11. Any Indian's out there might know what I mean.
But it was 9:45. Anyways, I was extremely tired, but other than that, it was like any other day. I ate cereal, I made some tea, and while it cooled I checked my emails on my phone. I had five new emails, I figured that something was up on facebook.
Imagine my surprise when they were all from . I figured some new author (since I didn't recognize the penname) Started a new story and was on some sort of roll. Then I realized I'd have had to have logged on to do that.
So then I sort of thought maybe someone changed their name, but I was curious now, and am I glad I didn't delete them.
An amazing "Artistic Red":
-Favorited my story
-Favorite author'd me
-Added my story to Story alert
-Author Alert'd me
And finally, Artistic Red left the following review:
Artistic Red7/5/13 . chapter 5
I AM REVEIWING AND THIS IS AWSOME!
Woah, hyper link. Fancy.
But yeah, I had never received so much validation on my stories, either of them, even when I was an active author. So I obviously had to write this, and I thank you soooo much, Artistic Red and Chicly, because you guys gave me the push I needed to write this and make me feel better.
Some things I've noticed that are different (or maybe I've just never noticed them) is that you can log in from social networks, and this Copy-N-Paste thing I'm using now which is quite handy, and the hyperlink/ gray thingies, and spell there's more, feel free to review/ pm me them, if you're up to it.
Sorry, I just nearly died from drinking tea, hold on.
Okay, I'm alive, but keep a fire department on standby, my sister Ashley (Ehll Oah Ehll) is trying to cook.
She's burnt chocolate, cheese, and set peanut butter on fire (due to a bit of aluminum in the microwave).
It's a good thing I have my tea. Oh, and off topic, I got braces the day before last Thanksgiving. Can you say that sucks? Had 'em for a bit over seven months now. Oh, and I've made some youtube videos. Most of them are projects, but some of them are pretty cool... Just search Jasmine Dhaliwal, look for the indian girl.
Anyway. A lot has changed.
I feel like I've said everything, so here:
I'm Sorry.
I feel like I did this all wrong. But I'm not 13 anymore, I'm 14.
But it's terrible that I've been away so long that I didn't even recognize the title of the first story I ever wrote.
Which brings me to that crazy idea. I thought about giving my story away, but I couldn't. I thought about deleting it, but wouldn't. Now the question is, to continue, or shouldn't?
That was really bad, but basically, I'm thinking about revamping my story, changing it for the better. It's up to you, review or pm, should I leave it or try again? If the majority thinks to leave it, I can give it up for adoption. I kinda want to try again though. Or start a new one now.
So let's review for your review. Tell me:
Any and all of your questions.
Tell me about your siblings. :)
What else has changed?
Should I try again?
What are some good stories on here? If you want, I'll read yours when I can.
Who are your favorite authors (ff or not)?
Who do you watch on youtube?
And let's end this on a happy note, tell someone a compliment(even if they aren't on ff) and/or tell me/ us about something good/ funny/ fun you've done recently. Even a joke would be cool.
I'm going to dedicate this 'chapter' to Chicly and Artistic Red for forcing me to write this. Thank you so much, all of you reading this, for not ignoring this. Rainbow unicorn cupcakes for everyone! Man, this is about as long as a regular chapter...
I've got to go now, my sister finished the hamburger helper. Till next time!