I haven't had chance to catch up on reading this thread or making my own post (I know the

are headed my way...)
But I wanted to jump in and welcome Amanda to the boards!! We've had loads of long-time FoLCs join us in the last year or so—we're so happy you're amongst the crowd! As Michael said, you should definitely check out Discord! There are a lot of us there and chatting and things every day, especially about fic and writing. We're always down for helping people write! AND we have people doing writing sprints fairly regularly!
Come for the peer pressure (to get that story done), stay for the pocket friends you'll make!
The link for joining is in my boards signature just below. We hope you join us there!

Sara

P.S. I guess the boards signature doesn't show up sometimes on mobile, so here's the
Discord link if anyone wants it!