It seems to be time for my semi-annual post.

Viz: I went to a workshop a few weeks ago for which I essentially wrote a short-short (900 words) to prompt in two hours, and I got some very nice feedback on it simply as a piece of writing. I really dislike the "fanfic as training wheels" argument for a lot of reasons, but it's undeniable that my writing has improved by leaps and bounds since I've started writing fic seriously. 

And so back home.