First, I’d like to start off by thank you all for being such awesome and supportive people. The only reason why I enjoy coming to this site every day is to write, and having an audience who appreciates my work is just the most gratifying feeling ever.

I don’t thank you guys even half as many times as I should for all you do to fuel my motivation. I started off on here as a freshman with an unhinged obsession with K-pop because I got sick of the Biebs and One Direction didn’t exist back then. (If not for K-pop, I’d probably be a Directioner right about now HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!)

My first fic was a very, very rough, very unpolished, and just-for-fun adaptation of BIGBANG’s music video for “Monster.” I thought having even 10 subscribers was a lot and was so excited every time the number of subscribers would go up by one. (My favorite part of being an author, though, is reading your comments. God, they’re so awesome and remind me of why I love writing so much.)

Never ever did I imagine that I’d be sitting in the same chair from freshman year, but with a circle of friends who’d been bullied or abused almost all their lives and a newfound motivation to write for a larger cause than just a one-sided love with a celebrity I’ve only seen through my computer screen (YouTube for the win.)

And certainly never ever, ever, did I even dare to hope that the same story I’d written in honor of my friends and every other bullying victim in this world would garner 1000 subscribers, among which several left so many supportive and touching comments.

I’m definitely—undoubtedly—not the best author around. There will always be someone who’s one level above me, someone who has more experience and is much more well-read than I am who can speak and write much more eloquently than me. But the fact that you found inspiration and entertainment, tears and laughter, from the product of my mindless fantasizing is just so incredibly humbling. I can’t stress this enough: I’m so thankful for everything you guys say and do to support me. Writing is one of the few things I can still find limitless joy in, although writer’s block sometimes thinks it has the right to make that decision for me.

Again, thank you so much. 1000 subscribers for just one story is a milestone I never even dreamed I’d be able to achieve. I love you all so, so much and please continue to support me! Heck, if this keeps up, I may not even go into retirement and just keep writing for the rest of my life! (Obviously not on this site, but you get what I mean haha)