Something to be Thankful for

    So, my previous journal was, in general, me ing because of 108 views in one day.  Well, now that the month is over, here's the grand total of views: 432 views.  And 152 different people read it on fanfiction.net.  218 of the views came from the 60 individuals who phoned in from the U.S.  The least views on any chapter was 3, and that was a chapter that was really a lot of little filler scenes so I can't blame anyone for not lingering on that one.  Chapter 1 had 108 views all by it's lonesome, which tells me that my description of the story is enough to catch people's interest^^  I have over 1,550 views on my story since it's debut last August.  

    So... for it's first month after graduating from a Guardians of Childhood fanfic, to a RotG one... FnS has more than lived up to my expectations of it.  It demolished my expectations.  As the story has grown, so have my expectations and each time they increase, they're blown out of the water.  When I first started the fic, it was going to be a little, three chapters tops, story about if I met Jack Frost and befriended him.  I wanted to keep it as realistic as possible as to how things would go down and not Mary-Sue myself like a lot of fanfics out there are.  It was more for me than anyone else and it was just a little 'what if' story.  Nice to think about but not anything special.  However, whilst working on chapter 2, all that changed.  My muse and inner fangirl conspired against me and basically hijacked my body to write what they thought would be better.  When I awoke from my trance, Story Tale had been birthed into existence.  And I was scared shitless.  Back then, I still considered Story to be me.  So when I died in a veritable ditch, I freaked out.  I was like "When did I decide to kill myself?!"  So I ended up stepping back from it for a few days as I seriously thought about what the hell was going on in my mind.

    But then, I decided to roll with it.  And eventually, Story became her own entity.  She's still me.  My personality, my face, my reactions to everything, my everything.  But she's separate from the IRL me.  At least, that's how it is in my mind now^^  And since 'rolling with it', it's grown into something grander than I could have imagined.  It's become my most successful story, in terms of how into it I am, ever.  It's this world that I've borrowed, with my own scenery added in.  It's people that I've borrowed mixed with ones that are my own.  It's my own storyline and mine but with the basics borrowed from someone else.  And it's as easy as breathing.  Most of the time.  I still get hung up on certain areas from time to time.

    I have more pre-written for this story than any of my other stories, combined.  I have the entire plot thought out.  There are a number of sub-plots, each with their own beginning, middle, goal, and end that coexist and happen simultaneously with the plot.  There is an army of characters who my fangirl got to put her own input in on.  And every part of my being thoroughly enjoys creating FnS.  And the space reserved for sinful levels of pride has been going haywire with every milestone that I've reached.  The next one to share the success of?  1,000 views in one month, or 5,000 views total, whichever happens first.  And then, 1,000 views in one day.  And when I reach a hundred either favorites, follows, or reviews, I will throw myself a party.