Snowflake Challenge - Day 5 & Day 6

[cyn_ful]

Day 5 - creator?? I am going to have to go with winnett. She is one of many that has made an impact in my life. There are countless creators that are just pure awesome, but winnett has gone above and beyond. I remember writing for hds_beltane a few years ago and she beta'd for me. She helped me take my story that I was fighting with and turn it into something wonderful. She writes amazing fanfic AND original work. She jumps in and helps when she is needed. LOVE her.

Day 6 - Book that has made an impact.

I don't think anyone will be surprised when I say the Harry Potter series. Yes, it is an awesome series, but it literally saved my life. When Order of the Phoenix was released, I was taking care of my mom who was dying. I read all five books, and then re-read all five books. They took me away from the situation I was in. I couldn't leave my mom. I was her caregiver. If I left the house and someone else was watching her, they would have to call me to come home. I could never leave for more than an hour at a time. I almost had to leave the premier of PoA at the theaters. It was one day I was being selfish just for me. I had a phone call halfway through the movie. SO, needless to say, it was not a good time for me.

I lost myself in the books. I was a prisoner to my house, although I was doing what I needed to do. I couldn't leave, I only had books. Harry Potter took me away. Harry Potter allowed my mind to soar into other places. I was able to escape, if only for an hour or two, but still be right here for my mom. It was a month before she died that I found fanfiction. Let me just say this now, it will always have a place in my heart because it saved my sanity.

Comments

[realpestilence]

I have to say that as much as I get annoyed by some things about fandom, it has provided me with a type of companionship that I don't find in my day-to-day life; and it's certainly expanded my horizons in many ways. Good fanfic can't give the reader an emotional high that sometimes even the best professional literature doesn't.

I'm sorry you went through such a hard time with your mom, and that she had such a struggle.

[cyn_ful]

OMG baby! It has been forever!! *pounce hug*

I know, I try to stay out of the fandom drama and just love it for what it truly gives to people as a whole. It is their own pain and fears that come through in many of their words and because it is so intense for them, you feel it right along with them.

Thank you. Fandom was truly a blessing for me.