I found the Shard 'cause of my dad. He showed me a fun post and it wasn't long before I started checking the forums all the time. It took me forever to make an account. I would have an idea and my dad would say, "You should post that on the Shard!" and I would be like, "No way!" But then, well, it got to the point where I had the forums bookmarked and I was checking them every hour or so. "Well storms," I thought. And I did it. Everyone is so nice here! And it's so fun that all of us are from so many different backgrounds and so many different ages and yet we're all connected by this one thing. You can see someone you've never met before and if they answer the question, "Do you like Brandon Sanderson?" with an emphatic, "Yes!" you're immediate friends. You know, I haven't been here very long, but it's really to be able put my ideas out there, when before I could only type about them and show my inner circle of friends. It's really nice sometimes to be able to just spill and be yourself without people looking at you weird whenever you mutter, "Stormfather..." Anyway, you guys are all great!