Strangely rekindled interest in fanfic

It does seem weird to be excited about writing fanfic again. After all, the x-files has been done in fact for quite a while and dead in spirit even longer than that. Maybe that's the point. Maybe now I feel freer to just run with things in the direction of my own choosing. Definitely more refreshing than writing long stories at my normal snail's pace while the show was running. It was really frustrating for the writers to suddenly take things in a different direction in the series that I was going with my writing.

I think part of it might actually be finally having more creative time to focus and more confidence in myself. When I finished my master's thesis in 1999 a friend predicted that I might have some creative down time. That I would just need to take a break before plunging into something else. About when I felt like I might be ready I had a major research and writing project for work than splashed over into my free time followed by a taking a university course to catch me up on an area of history I needed to bone up on for work.

Recently I've been doing some self-evaluation at work paving the way for a nice fat promotion. It made be realize how confident I've become in my profession. That comfort level must be spashing over into my fanfic confidence.

Or maybe not. I think I'll sign off now and do some writing.