{"id":2199,"date":"2016-01-17T06:01:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2016-01-17T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T14:01:29","slug":"fangirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=2199","title":{"rendered":"*Fangirls*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why be a writer? Money can&#8217;t be the reason. Only a very few writers can earn enough to keep ramen in the cupboard by writing. Any tidbit of recognition is hard to come by, even from friends or family.<\/p>\n<p>Then, one day, I wrote a piece of fanfiction which I called, &#8220;Memoirs of a Sith Lord.&#8221; People told me it was a waste of time since I can&#8217;t make any money at it. Since it&#8217;s posting, it&#8217;s gotten 2.6K reads and 224 votes on Wattpad. However, it&#8217;s the rare comments that really make it all worthwhile&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nYour story &#8220;Memoirs of a Sith Lord&#8221; brought back buried feelings I had about Anakin and Padm\u00c3\u00a8. How she was more than a queen and senator, but also a courageous fighter that was willing to kill and die for her loved ones. That was a Padm\u00c3\u00a8 I wanted to see in the canon universe. <\/p>\n<p>And how the Jedi masters came to understand &#8230; was also basically wish fulfillment for me. *fangirls* <\/p>\n<p>Thank you. I adored this fanfiction and all the emotion you packed into it.<br \/>\n[note from a fan, spoilers redacted]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Writers are delicate creatures. A little love is all we need to keep us going. 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