One Year Anniversary. · 5:50pm Jan 13th, 2018
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the publication of Comet The Stallion of Steel.
It's a day late but I thought I'd take a moment to look back on everything I've accomplished since then.
The Brony Fandom came of interest to me in 2014 when I was part of the South Park Fandom. I got the idea of making a original character of mine Conner Kurtz, a tough as nails military brat a fan of the show to help cope with his PTSD caused by seeing parents be eaten by giant guinea pigs. At the same time I came of interest in the Mysterious Mr Enter and his videos on animated atrocities and decided to take a look. I was instantly hooked. 
I began looking up fanart, stories crossovers you name it. Eventually I thought about publishing a story myself and in 2016 I came up with idea of Comet.
The inspiration came to me from DC's Comet The Superhorse, a member of the Legion of Superpets along with Krypto the Superdog, Streaky the Supercat and Beppo The Super Monkey. It also helped that weren't any horse parodies of other famous superheroes. I figured since the Superman Mythology is so timeless and loved, what would an Equestrian version look like?"
I began writing it on my DeviantArt page until I discovered Fimfiction. Realizing I'd have a better chance at reaching a wider portion of the fandom I submitted my story only to have it rejected. You see when I was writing South Park fan fiction, I'd write them out as scripts. I'd been doing for two years with no problems so it came as I shock when my story was rejected. I started over and made a few chapters that were alright, but soon enough I wrote myself into a corner.
Deciding to go back to scripts I went back to DeviantArt and began work on an adaption based on the 1940s Superman Radio Show that I would listen to on my I pod during my seasonal job working at Dean's Greenhouse. I kept at it for about a month I think before I got bored of doing it. I decided to try Fimfiction again, this time in story format. It was rejected again.
At this point I began to wonder if I was just wasting my time.
I went thru a period of emotional distress where I began doubt my worth as a writer.
I won't bore you with the details of crying alone in the shower but I will tell you I pulled thru thanks to the support of my family, who mean the world to me. I won't say I've had the worst life anyone's ever had but it hasn't always been easy fitting in for me. I have Asperger's Syndrome,
a mild form of Autism that makes it difficult for me to interact with others and causes me to spasm out in public at times. I don't enjoy them anymore than the people around me and in fact I can't help but be ashamed of myself for it sometimes, even if I'm in complete control.
Anyway I took the rest of the year off to take my mind of it and started fresh in 2017. This time my draft was passed and the adulation I felt by that alone made all of the stress and emotion from my previous setbacks just melt away. 
One year later I've gotten a reasonable sized following for my story, I mean it's not Fallout Equestria or My Little Dashie but it's something I can feel proud of at the end of the day.
I'd like to thank everyone who's liked, followed, commented or just read my story at all. You make it all the time and effort spent worthwhile.
I've already gotten started on the next exciting chapter which I hope to have out by the end of the month. What will happen next? Stay tuned and find out!
Happy one year!
Congrats on making it one year and counting. :-D
On year and not a bad start.