I know I’ve been MIA for most of the month, but you didn’t think I would forget my website’s twenty-fourth anniversary, did you? Of course not! On April 29, 2000, I created the Geocities site that I christened “Dreamer’s Sanctuary.” I had only been writing fanfic for a few months and never really imagined it would amount to much of anything. But, twenty-four years later, I’m still writing, and Dreamer’s Sanctuary is still going strong! Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or have only recently discovered this site, I thank you for sticking with me, for reading my words and sharing your thoughts with me. I’m truly grateful for all the friends I’ve made as a result of this hobby and our shared love of the Backstreet Boys!
In terms of writing, the month of April was not the most productive for me. I spent the first half of it getting ready for Cancun and the past week trying to recover from it. I wasn’t within six feet of Nick Carter yet somehow still managed to contract Nick Plague. Just my luck! LOL Exhaustion, sunburn, and sickness aside, I had a great time and would gladly do it all again! And I did manage to keep my writing streak alive while I was there. Today’s Day 829! I still haven’t finished the Frick & Frack one-shot I teased in my April Fool’s update, but I will when time allows. I did finally manage to finish Chapter 56 of The World Will Be Waiting yesterday, just in time for today’s anniversary update, so that is up! It’s funny – when I started writing this chapter, I thought it was a shame that I was writing it before I went to Cancun because it takes place at a luxury tropical resort, which I had never experienced before. I figured I would finish it before I left for my trip and never imagined I would still be writing it afterward. I wish I could say that Cancun inspired me or at least helped me write the setting more accurately, but I had already done so much research beforehand that I didn’t end up changing anything. Oh well. 🤷♀️ Sorry for the long wait. Hopefully it won’t be as long for the next one!
And speaking of the next one… Next April will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dreamer’s Sanctuary! I would like to do some kind of retrospective thing, similar to the blogs I did leading up to my twentieth anniversary in 2020. Instead of blogging about whole stories like I did then, I thought maybe it could be about the biggest moments or most memorable/favorite chapters from my stories. Is that something people would be interested in reading? Or do you have any other ideas for anniversary content you’d enjoy more? Please comment and share your thoughts!
Thanks again for your continued support! Here’s to twenty-four more years! 🥂