Wow. It's been a while, huh?
I was just thinking about my old pet project on this website. Honestly, going back and reading the two stories I published here was a good time. I definitely cringed a lot, but I don't feel ashamed. This was when I was still very young, and the fact that I was confident and creative enough to write and publicize it gives me renewed confidence for the future. I wrote those two short stories when I was almost in high school. I'm graduating college now. It's absurd.
I was scrolling through the analytics on one of the stories I wrote. I'm constantly surprised that people are still clicking on these little stories. I won't remove them myself, just to keep as a time capsule from my youth. I also have no intention of doing any more stories at this point, at least in this medium. I've been working on creating a DND world for me and my friends, and so that receives much of my writing time.
Anyway, for anyone that does stumble across this little update, I just wanted to impart a little wisdom. Just from me to you. Don't be afraid to be yourself. This account and those old stories reminded me of that. I was in a place a few years ago where I was basically a shut-in, constantly afraid of letting anyone see me for who I was. I'm now branching out and growing into the young adult I should be, and that confidence to pursue my passions with reckless abandon that I had 7 years ago didn't die. It just got covered up a bit.
Anyway, this will probably be the last thing I write on this website. Your reviews on my other stories actually made me smile. So thanks.
~AvidRambler