Dear Future Me,  

Hi!  It’s your past self.  Currently, I’m nearing 30.  I’m about to have a book published, followed by a short story in an anthology, and am going to more conventions to show off my art.  I no longer work retail and plan on NEVER doing that again.  Heed my advice, future me, don’t ever go back to that.  

Hopefully, you’re in a place where you can continue to do the things you love. I bet you are.  I have a good feeling about all of this.  At the same time, it makes me a little nervous.  It’s scary going into something creative, I think, because it’s so unpredictable.  But I hope you’re still trying no matter how scared you are.  

Hopefully, you have several popular books out.  Maybe they’re movies?  Or graphic novels?  Or an anime series?!  Ha ha!  Hopefully, you’re going to all of those conventions as a guest and are a person that people want to meet  (psst, it’s o.k. to still spaz about those things, too).  Hopefully you’re going to the big cons as a guest with writing panels that fill the room!  I also hope you’re still geeky and obsessively reading things like Black Butler, and watching bad reality shows and Maury.  Hey… is Naruto over yet?  I don’t read it anymore but I HAVE TO KNOW THE ENDING!  

Most importantly, I hope snowtigra is still in your life, somehow.  Hopefully, you two are married, LEGALLY married.  I hope you two have become THAT lesbian couple at cons, that even the guests recognize.  I hope you BOTH are guests for your books and art and crafts.  I hope your house is bigger and dorkier, with all sorts of themed rooms (do you have the Velvet Room bathroom somewhere?  Pleeeeease say you do!)  

Oh, and I also hope you have a puppy  ^^

Love,

Your past self  :)