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Been playing for about 9 months now

What do you think of my play ? And what is the next step for improvement ? First game I'm black, second I'm white.

A couple of corr. games without rating is nothing at all.

Play rated games against opponent and clock and then you‘ll see.
You post two wins. To gauge your strength two losses would be more revealing.
Insufficient data for diagnosis.
The first game is very thematic. You need more experience with the Stonewall in order to (a) recapture on c6 with a pawn, not the queen and (b) spot the timely e3 push to break your opponent's defenses. These are really automatic moves when you play the Stonewall for a long time. Basically, the game shows that you play the Stonewall in order to attack the kingside with heavy pieces when White captures mistakenly on e4. That's not a lot of information about your playing strength.
The second game is just too short. Your opponent makes a mistake on move 5 ; it is against all theory. You never let him off the hook (the long time control and the fact that he has no counterplay are sufficient explanatory factors) and the game concludes before move 15. Again the game doesn't say much about your playing strength.

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