It's like my very own origin story... 20 years ago, I posted this on LiveJournal to let my friends know that I most likely wouldn't have internet for TEN WHOLE DAYS because no one had smartphones back then (how did I survive?)
That trip inspired what would eventually become my first published novel, and it was on an island in Washington state where I decided to go beyond just writing fanfic and try to be a "real" writer. Two decades later, I've written over sixty novels, been to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of something I wrote, seen actresses win awards for playing my characters, got an actress I love to the Emmys as a nominee, won a few awards of my own, and basically just got everything I'd hoped for on that little island in the Pacific Northwest.