For a while after I started writing Thorn, while she was cheery in public, her private life was very, very dark.
I was going through, a lot personally and the only way I could even try to process it was through my character. After a while I lost the joy in writing, in playing my character. So I took a break.
And when I came back from that break, I realized I was still in the same dark place I had been. I was erratic as all hells, and it reflected back through Thorn.
I had people who'd known me from the MT on AOL and knew Thorn and they bore with me, gave me a shoulder, gave me support, and let me find myself and my joy again. And those people, I dearly love. Those people I owe my enjoyment of my hobby too once again.
Without them, I wouldn't still be plugging away at this hobby.
But, okay so I went all tangenty. What I'm saying is, hang in there. Both you and Jewell are amazingly resilient women. And amazingly resilient women may take a knee for a while, but they get back up. They get back up and they're stronger and more ...just more than they had been when they called time out.
And thank you for sharing both Jewell's story, and yours as well, with us.