Goals: Fandom Snowflake Challenge 13

Day 13:
In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Excellent timing for this prompt! I made a few goals just last night.
My long-term goal is to have a story published. I'm thinking of trying with Daily Science Fiction.
My short-term goal, to support the long-term one, is to work on generating plotlines with a focus on character, narrative arc, and conflict. I am also reading short stories to see how these elements are used by great writers.

Internet down

The Internet's been down at my home since Thursday evening and I've been snowed in hence the not being online at all.

My roommate will be home on Tuesday. I know it's awful to hope she has the same problem but I've tried to fix it and haven't had any luck. It's her account so I'm hoping she'll be able to call the company and work this out.

How BtVS changed my life: Fandom Snowflake 11

Day 11

Share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Some years back, because I had undiagnosed anemia, my social life had evaporated due to lack of energy to keep it going. My job was highly dysfunctional. I was stressed through the roof. Then my mother died. It happened less than six months after her brother, who'd been living with her, had passed away. I became clinically depressed to the point where I was looking at knives and thinking about stabbing them into my arms, more in a "this is possible" than "I want to do this" way but still.

Susan lent me Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVDs, one season at a time. From there, needing more distraction from my grief, I discovered fanfiction and started writing.

Writing fanfiction was one of the few thing bringing me joy in those days. It still thrills me. Since then I've written hundreds of stories, have won at NaNo five times, and have a goal of getting a short story published this year. And, okay, therapy was a great help with that but way to turn my life around!