One Thousand Little Glances… · 3:26am Nov 16th, 2015
As of right this second, I have five completed stories published on this site. That's not a lot compared to many of the other excellent writers I like to check out from time to time, but it's what I've been able to accomplish over the last ten months. During that time, I've hit a number of little milestones, although I did not document them properly so I can't know the exact dates for most of them. That's why I'm marking this one with a blog post.
It's fitting, and perhaps a tad ironic, that my first story to hit 1000 views is Highs And Lows. As many of you may know, I was reluctant to publish the story at all, having written it in March but then keeping it private until just a week ago. That's because I worried that people who live with manic depression or other mental illnesses would take offense at it and rip it to shreds for being callous or unrealistic or something of the sort. Instead, the opposite happened, and I've received several messages from readers thanking me for giving them a story they can relate to. Sunset's 'episode' really hit home for readers in a way I never expected. It's been humbling to see people tell me, completely unbidden, about their own struggles to find some semblance of balance (mental or otherwise) in their lives, discussing their medications, their own personal highs and lows.
I won't lie; I honestly expected to be writing this post for Burrito, given how close it is (and has been) to that milestone – just 17 short. However, it turns out its successor story is more popular. The whims of this site's user base confuse me sometimes, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. 
TL;DR – Thank you so much for the 1k milestone 
, and also for giving this story a chance when even its own creator didn't want to. Thanks also for the words of encouragement over the past several months. You're all awesome. I'm going to keep writing, and I hope I never let y'all down.
