User blog comment:JakeToby/Thank you/@comment-26485526-20190105185431

I am genuinely touched to hear that my writing inspired you to write your own fanons. When I started here, though I just wanted to write, I was inspired as well by the fantastic writing of Coolio15 to not only continue writing here (especially when Coolio himself said he liked my work), but to evolve my style into what Uruguay and Mozambique look like.

We are all our worst critics here, and as someone that is still self-conscious of my work, that is something that I have to keep reminding myself of. If you enjoy working on fanons, keep on doing it and they will improve. I cringe sometimes reading my first fanon, Montserrat, back but I think that has to do with how my style has evolved as well. The longer you write here, the more your writing will improve, and I'm confident that your future work will only get better from here.

I admit I haven't read Japan yet, but Tangle has told me that it is excellent. I'm definitely going to have to read it soon, at the very least before the next fanon awards. Keep up the great work! :)