On March 19, 2011, my relationship with my editor began. We've been through a lot since then, but I wanted to take a quick moment on the five days leading to our official anniversary by saying one thing about my editor that l love. (Wow, that was a run on sentence. Sorry.)
There are way too many 5s in that title.
If there is something that you have never failed to do, it's to inspire me. Everything from how you look when you do things, to when you begin to ranble philosophically and so on. You inspire me to do art and to better myself. You inspire me to learn and to challenge things. You inspire me to do so much and it makes me happy to no end to know I do the same for you.
Recently, you've started drawing again. You used to just draw scientific things and dinosaurs (or really late Triassic crocodillian creatures). But you have started to just draw on your own, small things here and there like landscapes, and now you've focused on developing your own character from D&D. You have put a lot of time and effort into Atillus, and your art has improved so much over such a short period of time. You make me so proud that I was able to inspire you to create. You have also helped me so much with the progression of my story, and for that I am extremely grateful.
I was just starting to changed and add more characters to my story when I met you, and you made such an impact on me then I have based a major character on you. The small things you do make me think of how I want him to be portrayed, from your endless kindness and understanding, to your little quirks like going off and making philosophical speeches. From your gentle eyes to your loving smile, you have helped me make this character more than just that. And you know this. You also inspire me to make the story much more coherent and fluid. Thanks to you I'm turning it from where it started as a simple fantasy-esque tale to an in depth alternate history and hard scifi. You've helped me work out major plot details and universe building, and our conversations about it are some of my favorites to be had, especially when you enjoy talking about it as much as I do. Elements has always been a big part of my life and you whole heartedly embraced it from day one, and that means the world to me.
Thank you for always listening and being an ear I can bounce ideas off of.
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