For those who missed the initial response over the weekend, my newest story Nowhere … Like Home, was NOT well received. I’ve finally found an editor willing to work with me, yet the bigger issue is that the story just didn’t seem to find an audience (i.e. no one cared whether it was properly edited or not) as I only received 3 responses, with only two sorry to see it cease posting.
So just to be clear, if ANYONE cares whether the story continues or not, please let me know, as at this point, I’m willing to consider individual personal updates via private emails. However, in the end, it seems intensely personal (i.e. it’s ME they’re pissed at, not the story itself).
So, work WILL continue, and now it’s a question whether I ever post to SOL again, either under a new pseudonym or continuing this story, but at this point, I see little reason to assume it’s not a personal bias (well-deserved, admittedly, which if true, is answer enough).
Just to be clear, the ONLY reason I posted the story at all, is that my Quora fans (1M now) were eager to know what my ‘current’ project was. So since they’re actively supporting my writing, if there IS no interested on SOL, there’s really no sense wasting time feeding an absent audience.
(Sorry for the whinny tone, though again, that seems to be the main issue here. And with a ready and eager market elsewhere, unless I hear some interest, I’m likely to simply walk away from SOL forever.)
In short, I can hold off until the ENTIRE sorry is thoroughly edited and proofed, yet if there is no interest, I won’t bother with it at all. At this point, my future here is entirely in your hands..