haha! ok i'll answer this as fastidiously as i can bec i love them a lot. my kids. my ducklings. my stars... well, i can tell u abt how i got into them first. i got into riize when i found out one of the members can and does play the guitar seriously [wonbin and his guitar: https://twitter.com/riize0302/status/1754919949368492236] and then i watched the behind videos to one of their earliest live performances and saw how nervous and shaky they all were before going on stage and yet they were all just saying to each other, it's okay to mess it up, to just have fun and remember the moment. in hindsight, what i saw there beyond the bond they built with each other as young as they were, was something i missed when i stanned exo and svt. when i found these groups, they were already at the peak/on their way to the peak of their careers. they're There. here, watching riize, everything is a first. see-- 3 of them had their bdays last march and it was so endearing how all of them were saying, it's their first time celebrating their bday as an idol and how overwhelming it is seeing/getting so many well wishes and gifts and greetings. i seriously could cry thinking about them being so grateful and still in disbelief that this is their life now. so if you are, like me, feeling distant now by how big the groups you've grown to love has gotten-- not to say there's nothing to love there now, ofc it's a diff kind of joy to see them reach such heights etc. you know what i mean. but this group refreshed and restarted the fan in me. i watch them and sincerely would rearrange the world if it meant things could be better for them.

onto a less serious/personal answer, they are an interesting group too bec of the shared background in sports haha if u are that kind of fan... [sports the kids are doing before becoming an idol: https://twitter.com/riize_net/status/1747656994499015157] narratives....... one competitive field to another........ i mean.

also if u are the kind of fan who likes to read fics and i assume you are bec u follow me HAHA if you are going to get into riize, you can read 43,005 new words of fan fiction by me. hahahahahahaha like do not even get me started on all the fated yaoi realness in riize. there's so much material.

there. haha please give my kids a listen [fan song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4FUul49sN5LFM8qLbHxmlF?si=e0512db5319641b2] they've been thru a lot lmfao they are just babys but they love what they do so much and honestly, ok tldr: watching them is making me see life anew again ackkk... real.

thank you for being excited abt it! im v scared honestly... haha but ok to answer, it is a very long and humbling process. im quite used to getting feedback, getting my work TORN APART in workshops, etc. but the experience of having multiple editors on your manuscript correcting everything is very very humbling. i'm learning a lot-- about writing, about language, and also publishing, marketing a book to an audience, etc. and really just the discovery that a book is not just the output of a writer, but a whole team-- some of whom i dont even interact with but they are there! my thread with my designer for the book itself is now running on 60+ emails. there's so much work that go into having a book out its just mindblowing? and the fact that soon it is going to be in the hands of strangers and friends. WOW!!!!!!!!!! THATS AMAZING... and also terrifying. like, can you believe it?!??? i cant!!!! sorry i wish i was more coherent abt this lol but i really still cant wrap my head around it even though i've been working on the whole thing since apr 2023 hehee so yup. its long and humbling and hard work!