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The introduction to my Florence | A Thomas Shelby Short Story is officially up for you all this morning!❤️
          
          I wanted to share this a couple days before the first official chapter, just to provide you all with a little sense of the story and what to expect, while also allowing you to add the story to your libraries if you wanted as well! I am so excited for this journey and I can't believe its already here! 
          
          I hope you enjoy this small sneak peak and I will see you this weekend for the first official chapter!❤️
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/337581618

this is a very personal question and I completely understand and respect if you do not wish to answer or share your own thoughts and experiences on the matter...
          
          but I wanted to ask for those out there who are taking medication for their mental health, how were you able to get over the fear of side effects? How were you able to get over the fear of having to try something, knowing it may end up not being the right one and you'd have to start all over with a different one? How were you able to stop yourself from worrying constantly that it was making something worse or overanalyze that a symptom was new or caused from the medication? How were you able to get over the concern of interactions and impacts on your body in other ways?
          
          also, what is something you wish you knew when you started your journey, that you know and value now? What advice or help would you give to someone starting out or even just trying to consider the option?
          
          again, I know this is a deeply personal and private matter for so many people, please do not feel pressured or obligated to respond or share your experiences. This isn't something I would usually ask or put out there, but I just really wanted to reach out and ask and see if anyone had any help or advice on the matter.❤️

this new week is all over the place for me with doctor appointments, my birthday and finally sharing my Thomas Shelby Short Story with you all. the outlook has some ups, downs, and a whole lot of unknowns... but I'm doing my best to take it one thing at a time, one day at a time❤️
          
          I hope you all have a wonderful new week and I look forward to sharing new writing with you all at the end of the week!❤️

hello, beautiful!! ♥️ hope you’re doing well! much, much love!! xx

10 days until my Florence | A Thomas Shelby Short Story... but who's counting?❤️
          
          I'm so excited to finally share this passion project with you all! Two years in the works and now the day I finally get to share it with you all is in sight! I cannot wait to share this writing journey with you all and thank you for continuing to support me and my writing the way that you do!❤️

Hello, my love. I just wanted to say that every day comes with its challenges and I hope that you are doing well despite it. I was just rereading some of my favorite stories of yours and thought to wish you well. Your talent is palpable in every word. So much love and appreciation to you!! I pray this week is gentle with you. Thank you for being an inspiration always.

I apologize for being more quiet and not as present as I would like to be on here recently, but I've been struggling through a worsening bout of physical and mental symptoms lately. 
          
          They are definitely taking a toll on me, each day dealing with the same symptoms that left me drained and depleted the day before. Or its the flare up of a different symptom that I have to then try and get through or figure out how to function through.
          
          It has been weighing heavy on me and each day is tiring, especially when you know that you'll just get beaten down again from it all by the end of the day. 
          
          But I do want to say thank you for all of your continued support. Even as I've been a bit less active and my writing is slower to be shared and written, the kindness I still continue to receive is so overwhelming and I deeply appreciate and value all of the support!❤️

that feeling when all you want to do is write but you can't, even though all of the ideas are there and then when you try, you end up doubting every single thing you've written... 

this week my Daryl Dixon One Shots reached 1M reads and I just have to take a minute because oh my goodness...❤️
          
          this book is what started my writing journey here, it is what really introduced me to writing fanfiction and entering that world of creation and falling in love with the process and way of writing. 
          
          looking back and reading them now, my writing in these pieces is definitely far from where it is today, but I am still very proud of them because creating all of those one shots really unlocked this world and this community that I am so grateful for.
          
          this book shows me my growth and my evolution as a writer. there is something very special in that, to be able to look back and see your own growth in real time.
          
          this book allowed me a safe space to begin my writing journey, to explore and be fearless with my creativity and it allowed me to connect with so many amazing people who share not only a love of this specific character and world, but a love for writing.
          
          nearly 10 years later, I began this journey in 2016, I still see my heart in my writing. I see my creativity and my dedication and happiness. that is something that still makes me very proud.
          
          I have been so incredibly touched by the amount of people this book has reached, the way people have embraced these stories and still to this day continue to read them. It makes me emotional, overwhelmed, endlessly grateful and blown away by the sheer measure and the amount of love they continue to garner.
          
          I will forever be thankful for the character of Daryl Dixon and the world of The Walking Dead for introducing me to fanfiction and starting me on this journey. this book will forever have a place in my heart and to see it reach 1M reads is beyond anything I could've imagined.
          
          thank you for reading this book, thank you for supporting it and thank you for being a part of this incredible journey!❤️

higher pain levels call for peaky blinders rewatches and writing down inspiration for when the storm passes and I can write again❤️