I didn't realize I'd written that much, either! It's felt like I've hardly written anything this year, compared to past years, but actually there is quite a lot, especially including the Big Bang story.

It's very gratifying to realize -- as I have, over the emo posts of the last week or so -- that people *will* stick around, that the connections I've formed through fandom won't just fade away. At the same time, though, if everyone is talking about something, I want to be able to join in ...