Turning Feelings of Joy into Gratitude

Thank you all, as always. This is PJ. Today, as the title suggests, I would like to express my gratitude.

Yesterday, I received some wonderful words during the exchanges for the currently ongoing [Seasonal Cup Relay Novel].

I have only excerpted a portion here, but those words were a very cute sentence that made me feel that they were truly enjoying it.
In those words, I felt a sparkling brilliance.
It reminded me of the time when I was walking around on note, not knowing my left from my right.

Since around last summer, I had hardly written any articles on note other than those for the 'Everyone's Haiku Tournament Videos'.
I believe the last events I participated in were '2023 Summer Pirika,' hosted by Pirika-san, and 'Thinking of the Scent of Summer,' hosted by xu-san and rira-san, which I joined last summer.
It feels like it was about three years ago already.
It was a long year. I feel like it was a year in which many things happened.
The other day, perhaps around the end of May? I, who had almost stopped writing articles, received news of the 'Freezing of Everyone's Haiku Tournament'.
As I listened to that news with a quiet heart, I thought that since the Haiku Tournament, which had been my motivation for writing articles, was ending, the opportunities for me to write on note would finally become almost non-existent.
I suddenly wanted to look back on my memories of the 'Everyone's Haiku Tournament' up to now.
And so, in June, I wrote a series of articles titled 'Looking Back at Everyone's Haiku Tournament Through Videos'.
That was a very, very fun task.
I think it took about 15 hours in total for the 8-part series.
Looking back at Everyone's Haiku Tournament.
There, I found my two-and-a-half-year history on note.
I remembered not just the Haiku Tournament, but my days on note up until now.
I remembered my activities within note and my connections with people.
It has been three years since I started note. That is about the same duration as junior high school.
The avatar called 'PJ' was given life on note, and I met many people.
The footprints I left to get this far had properly become a path.
Before I knew it, I had made many friends around me.
Thank you all so much, always.

For now, although it probably won't be very frequent, I would like to write articles here and there. Please read them if you find them.

Now, I will write about some promotions and what I am currently thinking about for the [Seasonal Cup Relay Novel] event.
In the [Seasonal Cup Relay Novel], we are currently accepting stories for the [Development] part of the 'Introduction, Development, Twist, Conclusion' structure.
- [Development](Basic)Application period
-> Until 24:00 on July 7th. From June 23rd to 24:00 on July 7th.

I think it is physically impossible to write everything, but I would like to write a [Twist story] (though I think it will be short) for the [Development stories] that are gathered. If possible, I would be happy if you could connect it to the [Conclusion] story in a catch-ball format.
Also, this is not limited to that, and combinations are free, so I hope that by combining stories from various people and inheriting your own works, many stories will create happy endings.
I am sincerely looking forward to your applications.

I received energy from this event.
I am thinking that maybe I will submit a medium-length novel of about 30,000 characters (though it will be a rewrite of an old one) to the Creative Awards for the first time in a while.

Please enjoy your summer, everyone!!
Gratitude!!