And while I'm on the subject of writing anniversaries

[julesjones]

Just looked it up -- and while I don't remember the exact date, yes, it's ten years ago this month that I first held in my hands a contributor's copy of something with My Story in it. My fandom was still very much a dead tree fandom when I got into it, and most of my stories were published in printzines, including my first one. I learnt a *lot* from being edited on my first couple of published stories by someone who knew what they were doing; lessons that stood me in good stead when I started writing for commercial publication. Thank you, watervole.