"I’d call my #fanfic writing years a creative career of itself, right down to making no money from it but getting plenty of fulfillment."

"In a way I’ve lost fanfic and #fandom, but in another sense I haven’t lost them at all. I simply moved on and found people and spaces that better fit the shapes I’ve come to take, that allow me to stretch out in ways that make sense to me."

From the thoughts of a (mostly kinda) ex-fan on the #SnowflakeChallenge2025 prompt, "Tell us how fandom has helped you." https://ljwrites.blog/posts/fanfic-writing-history/ This retrospective is fond and personal, but is also critical of Anglophone fandom and takes particular aim at fandom racism. #LjBlogs