Lili De La Field, an author on ff.net, sent me a lovely note this morning. Back in February, I wrote a review of her story, "The Lake of Tears Affair," in which I said it sounded like the start of a great tale and I hoped she would write it. I was on that site the other day and saw that not only had she begun to do so, she had thanked me for inspiring her to continue!
Her original one-shot is now 22 chapters long and counting and I think it's really good. I wrote another review after reading all the chapters and I received the aforementioned note. In it, she told me she is halfway finished writing another MFU story and gives me credit for encouraging her!
This makes me happy.