♡ So... 1000, huh? ♡

♡ For some, 1000 might seem like just a nice number. For me, it’s 1000 people who read my works, come back to them, leave comments and reactions, share their thoughts and ideas, and simply stay here.

♡ When I first started writing on this platform, I honestly didn’t think anything would come of it. And having an audience was definitely not something I expected. I was simply writing what I wanted to write, and first and foremost - for myself. As self-centred as that might sound, I genuinely enjoyed coming up with stories that I MYSELF would want to read, digging into characters, getting inside their heads, and experiencing their feelings and moments alongside them.

♡ So, the decision to share my messy little writing was pretty spontaneous. And what this little adventure has eventually turned into still feels a little unreal to me.

♡ I’m genuinely grateful to every single person who has ever read my works. To those who have only recently joined, and especially to my “old-timers”, who have been watching all of this since the days when my writing style was, to put it mildly, questionable.

♡ While I have the chance, I also want to apologise to you for the horrors you had to go through at the very beginning. Because sometimes I reread old works that I never got around to rewriting, and there’s only one thought in my head:

“God, who even let me write this?”

♡ But I probably wouldn’t have made it to where I am now without all of that. And I actually like looking back and seeing just how much has changed.

♡ A separate thank you for all your feedback. For the comments, questions, ideas, and even all your “but what if...”. Sometimes your words make me look at my own story a little differently, or give me ideas I wouldn’t have thought of myself.

♡ And I think the most valuable part of all this is realising that the stories that once existed only in my head now exist in someone else’s hearts too. I don’t know how long I’ll keep doing this little hobby of mine and using it as a kind of escape. But one thing I do know for sure - I want to keep going.

So...

1000

We finally caught you.

Thank you for being here, for reading, and for staying with me!

♡ Here’s to more - I hope ♡