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Thank you so much. It makes me smile to read your comments.

>>21147
I'll be honest. I think after Lena's story ends, that will be the end of my adventures in this genre.

I need to go back to the writing I do for a living, and the issue with that is, I never really get to hear from the 'other side of the page' - people rarely leave reviews or discuss your work if you're not a very popular author. This place, however - this board - has stood in for that, in a way, for me. It's hard writing for years without ever really hearing if it's any good; just watching arbitrary sales numbers.

And it's difficult to say this, but I want to be honest: writing here is like a drug. It's dopamine, it's social praise, it's, well, attraction, all of the nice things. But it's not helping me, and I'm realizing this. I have to examine myself and see if I'm willing to write for a living, even if I never ever get to hear from my audience again. I don't know the answer to that question, but I'll think on it seriously.

Please don't take this the wrong way, I don't dislike any of it, I don't think it's 'worse'. In fact, I think it's fun. Sometimes it's more fun than my other writing, and that's the real issue.

It's probably best to wrap this up with one or two more stories, and treat it as a vacation. Vacations aren't meant to be forever.

I'm sorry if this was too much info, it's just something I've been thinking about lately.