Hello my dear!! I hope you’ve been well :)
I just want to say, your fics literally raised me during covid (and now, I still reread them). I was like… 11 in 2020, I’m 17 now and will be 18 in March! I’ve always been captivated by your literary prowess, and it’s influenced some of my own work and writing style in ways that I can’t help but be thankful for. Having access to such incredible authors like you, DiLo, Vee, and Nana (though I definitely had no business reading such content when I wasn’t even a preteen… sorry not sorry ;) ) gave me such a strong foundation for writing and sent my literacy scores through the ROOF on standardized tests… I got a 34 composite on the ACT with two perfect 36s for the Reading and English sections this past February, and I gotta say it’s really all because of you guys.
I’m rambling a bit now, but I just wanted to check on you and see how you’re doing. If you take ANYTHING from this message, I just want you to know that media like this made it a lot easier to be okay with myself growing up queer in a house where that was considered disgusting. Hoping life has been peaceful and full of sunshine for you!
Much, MUCH love,
Erin <3