Bronwen really changed my faith in humanity. Her existence gives me tremendous hope that there are other people like her out there as well. I usually talk to her every night and we talk about almost everything, so I’m a lot more focused when I sit down to write. The biggest influence though is probably talking to her every day — I haven’t had a friend like that since high school, and it’s wonderfully comforting. Since meeting her, I’m a lot happier, so maybe it reflects in my writing; I can tell my subjects are a lot less dark, brooding, depressing, forlorn. The interesting thing is that this has changed my audience/commenters too.