Being me, I have a very difficult time getting any sort of compliment around my house. It's not like I go fishing for compliments, but when I live with a techno-wizard brother, a brother on the hockey team and a little sister who is the little sister and plays the 'cutest little one who's too little to do anything yet' role, it's slightly difficult to get any sort of love. My book was my claim to fame last January, but people have forgotten about that by now. I don't really care; I've stopped trying. Whatever I do, someone will outshine it someday. So, that's why I turned to fanfiction.
It used to only be a simple pass-time that I read vigorously. Then, I started writing it. Nothing ever got finished, let alone published, but then, I published one. You remember, the one about Jim Morrison, I put the review here. Nothing felt quite as good as someone giving me compliments for something that I liked doing. That's when I first felt the compliment buzz. When I published my second ongoing story; Sweethearts, I got three reviews, all adorably positive. What I noticed, though, is that the most popular niche by far is the GN'R stories, so I took it upon myself to write one. When I woke up the morning after I published my GN'R story, there were three emails alerting me of reviews. One of them was posted by my fanfic idol. She is literally the bomb. She writes these really eloquent Led Zeppelin fanfics, like novel-length. I love her work.
Long story short, I went full fan girl when I saw that one of my favorite writers of all time complimented my work. I squealed, bit my lip and did that weird wrist-flapping thing. I couldn't stop myself. I mean, this is what she wrote:
omg please continue this!!! This didn't go where I thought it would at all, and I couldn't be happier. I want to see Axl deal with his newfound "condition" and struggle with bloodthirst while masquerading as a human. And what about Stephanie? Will Axl go after her for revenge? Will she make her own coven of vampires? You've listed this as a slash fic, so I'm curious what the pairing will be and if it will remain a human/vampire dynamic, or if Axl will turn his human lover. The possibilities are limitless and I'm excited!
If that isn't reason to go full fan girl, I don't know what is. I mean, this is like Jimmy Page complimenting my guitar playing. Well, I would probably faint if Jimmy Page complimented my guitar playing, because there is just no way to get enough oxygen to the brain if something like that happens.
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