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I actually feel kind of torn about this. On the one hand, I would rather receive criticism from someone rather than them just stop reading without telling me why. If they don’t want to read anymore, I want to know why. Maybe it is something I can fix, maybe it isn’t. Some people stop reading because they don’t like the way the story is going. I’ve dropped stories like a hot potato if they have graphic decisions of violence, for example. I just can’t stomach it. My Mom likes Law and Order: SVU and if I’m in the room when she starts to watch it, I have to leave. So for an example, I had a reader comment on Not The Sun, which is the first book in a three book trilogy. I get that a lot of people aren’t going to like NTS, because it is super weird and can get rather dark. The review was nice enough, but said that they wouldn’t continue, because they didn’t like how many cliffhangers I had with no resolution. So I felt that was fair. If you don’t like cliffhangers (is that a thing)? then don’t read it. Or read something else. I have 19 other stories that don’t have cliffhangers. However, I’m not going to stop and change what I am writing because a reader doesn’t like it. Firstly, because I write what I like. Secondly, I usually complete a story before I post it and I’m not going to make huge sudden changes because someone doesn’t like something. However, if I think the review or comment has a valid point, I may consider it when working on my next project. So, I think I would rather have someone comment why they no longer read something I wrote, as long as they have a good reason behind it. But I’m also not going to slap a happy ending on Not The Sun in chapter 3 because someone hates cliffhangers.

A flop? Wasn't The Last Jedi the second highest grossing release of 2017 after only 2 weeks in theaters?

Sounds like it. Maybe if the teachers are reading out the answers for the student to chose, it would be okay, but outright telling students that the correct answer is A, then yes, that's is definitely wrong.

Great article. I've been told "show, don't tell" a lot when I was first starting, and it was incredibly frustrating not to have anyone elaborate on what it meant like this. Another saying that I find even more helpful is "Demonstrate, don't lecture".

Thank you so much! Diego and Cairo were so much fun to write about!

The White Road isn't too bad, the worst errors were in Shadow's Return, but if you've gotten past those, you should be good. They came up again in Casket of Souls...apparently she either couldn't remember or decided to change the colors in the Street of Lights and I'm just like

I found another thing that makes me skip or stop reading. Continuity errors. Lynn Flewelling wrote some of my favorite books (The Tamir Triad) and the first three books of her Nightunner series are excellent, but the last three have had minor and major continuity flaws. It has really turned me off reading her books altogether, which is sad, because I used to really enjoy them.

I've had people draw fan art of my characters before, which was super awesome. I'm not sure how I would feel about someone writing about my characters, though, that would be weird.

It's good to hear from you again.

Research is essential for writing. I've read stories that have had a wrong detail (not a small detail) and it completely ruined any interest in reading further.

It is definitely a sad and tragic story, thank you for commenting. Elijah was in a very bad place, true. Poor Tony did the best he could, but he was just a kid too. Thank you for commenting.

This is one of my earlier works and I was not very much in HEAs then. Elijah, unfortunately, was too far gone and took his best friend with him. Thanks for reading and commenting.

I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks for reading!

Several days later, Tony sat on the air mattress, playing his guitar. Their hideout was pretty much a done deal at that point. The air mattress took up most of the room. An ancient folding table held the hurricane lamps, a radio, a deck of cards, and whatever else they happened to need. That stupid wasp nest sat underneath it. This was the first time Tony had come out here without Elijah, but he had needed to get away from his sisters for a few hours, and Elijah hadn’t answered the phone wh

I like King Falls, which is similar to WTNV, though not as...um...odd. Alice Isn't Dead is another good one. And kudos for mentioning The Bright Sessions, which is amazing for representation (Mark is bisexual, which is awesome).

Very powerful story. I'm glad that Cyril escaped when he did, the level of abuse he was going through was horrifying to read.

This is such a lovely comment, thank you! Elijah and Tony have a strong friendship, but darker times are ahead for both of them. I'm glad you are enjoying it.

Sounds like a frustrating situation, hang in there.

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Personally things like that will get my hackles up. It's my story, they don't get to write it for me. If I want my characters to have poor communication and make bad choices to make a story more entertaining to read, then that's what I'm going to do. People can say "Well, why didn't your character just do this..." But hey, my character didn't "just do this". He did this other thing instead and now he's in a huge mess, let's see how he gets out of it now.

Geez. Josh is so frustrating. It's hard when someone is making themselves miserable and won't do anything to change that. I think Galen is right when he calls Josh a coward (not the nicest thing in the world, but oh well). Sometimes people are so scared of change, that they stay in situations where they are unhappy, simply because it is familiar and comfortable. I also find Josh's rejection to be doubly cruel after what he said to Galen during The Dance at the wedding. Telling Galen that he doesn't want him to let him go, but then pushes him away to be with someone else...that's a horrible way to play with someone's feelings. It's interesting to see the situation with Ethan, even if we aren't seeing his side right now. My guess is that either someone told him about Josh and Galen's closeness at the wedding, or sent a picture or something.

OMG, I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to this. Thank you so much for commenting, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love these two guys and their story and I'm glad you do too.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. All of other faults aside, Taylor sure knows how to throw a hell of a party! I'm glad you liked the prank and the characters, they were a lot of fun to write. Thanks for commenting!

I'm glad you liked it. It was funny, the more I wrote Diego and Taylor, the reasons behind their break up became more and more obvious, lol. (Milo had better watch out). The Halloween trick was a lot of fun to write, even if Naomi disapproved. Thanks for commenting!