My people, I want to share something very special with you.

So a few of you know that I used to write - a lot. I would see the piece in my head and all I needed to do was put it down as I saw it. It was effortless...right until I lost it

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but words started to feel very self indulgent, pieces started to feel clumsy, writing didn't feel natural anymore

The day I wrote that Lover thread, I saw in my head exactly what the words would look like - it was just like before. I wrote it as a thread because I wanted to be sure I could keep the ease that I felt in the words. And I did. I kept the ease and the flow

Many of you responded to the emotions and that was a beautiful thing. Quite a number of you also spoke about my writing. You have no idea how much of a boost that was to me. That you felt my work.

So I started writing again. I've only written 5 chapters, but that's OK. Sometimes I worry about sounding too "navel-gazey" or that the pieces are not very good, but I realise that's not my job for now. My sole job is to write. I'll figure out all the rest when it's done.

I'm excited about this. It feels like riding a bicycle - I'm wobbling a bit but getting surer by the day. Words are not always as certain as they used to be, but that's OK, they allow themselves to be moulded and arranged until I arrive at what they're trying to say

So I came here to say Thank You. For everyone who responded to a nudge they didn't know and told me my writing did what I hoped it did. This woman is grateful...and very excited