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Tim posted a mail he got from some old fart that whined over one of his stories. Well, I got my first whiner today in my inbox, and it kind of made me sit up straight.

All other email I've got so far has been very nice and considerate. Some of them just a line or two, others a lot longer. Overall it has been a very pleasant experience. I was wondering, how common IS this really? Not very, it would seem to me, but then, I'm not on Nifty either where all sort of riff-raff might hang out. Tim's site is host to a much classier clientele I would think.

Well, here's my reply to this guy (I see no particular reason to disclose his full name or email address, his original mail is inline with my comments):


Greetings, Charles!

Thanks for your email, even though it really wasn't the most supportive one I've received so far. Well, it's the thought that counts I guess, so thank you anyway.

>yes certianly we need this story to finish. what is the sense of writing a story and not give it a finish. i have complained to many authors about this some give up completly.

I don't mean this as an offense, but complaining probably isn't the best way to get an author to write more. Just a friendly hint from someone "in the know"... Wink

>if you do not intend to finish do us afavour and say at the beggining that you do not intend to finish DO NOT START AND DO NOT POST IT that way we do not get pissed opff to find that after hours readinmg a story that is very interesting to find out there is no finish nd especially one like this if you cannot finish do not start.

You seem awfully worked up over this, and I really don't see why.

First, I never said I wouldn't 'finish' it. I promised three parts at the beginning and you got three parts. So that piece of the bargain (if you can call it that, since I'm under no contractual obligation to provide *anything* to you) was fulfilled.

Second, you say you enjoyed it. Well, can't you be satisfied with the hours you spent enjoying yourself then?

Third, I said at the end of the third part I might write more to the story if people wanted it. And while your email really didn't inspire me to do anything of the sort I'm sad to say, others have. And the fourth part IS FINISHED and will hopefully go up at IOMfAtS in just a few days or less if he approves of it!

>i have had rows with a few more authors that have done this give us a warning so we do not waste time reading this garbage

Oh, so it's garbage now is it? Well by all means, then DON'T read the fourth part! Wink

And finally, while I kind of appreciate you taking the time to write me, I really would prefer if your general tone was more polite and appreciative of the MANY MANY MANY hours I spent writing all this (far more than what you did reading it I might add, so don't complain to me about ME wasting YOUR time) if you pop off an email in my direction again, should you choose to do so. Which you are perfectly welcome to do by the way. I enjoy reader email (some more than others).

You always get more from the donkey with a carrot than a stick. So don't yell at me. The First Son is over 285.000 bytes or 54.000 words in size. You think that kind of effort is easy to pull off? Now go read my two other stories, they're both stand-alone so you needen't feel cheated for lack of follow-ups! Very Happy Please tell me what you think of them too, I look forward to hearing your honest opinions.


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