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It looks interesting, but I'm boycotting Netflix right now for how they handled the last two seasons of Bridgerton.

All the time in the world. No rush.

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It is a bit nostalgic, since I watched it a long time ago. Another film that I watched recently that I hadn't watched in ages, but remembered liking was, "Shelter." It has so many Late 90s/Early 2000s aspects about it. It made for an enjoyable trip backwards and the film over all is easy to watch. I've been gravitating towards films like that of late. Big Eden, Shelter, Handsome Devil.

When I think about Big Eden, 'adorable,' comes to mind. I've watched it a few times.

Sometimes I'm oblivious, so forgive me if there is a setting that I've missed. I wanted to see how big the text actually got in the stories. Massive, I must say. There was a lot of clicking involved. It does save your 'reading settings,' as you move along. I know that is out of convenience, no one wants to adjust the settings every time they progress through a story. I wouldn't mind seeing a: "Reset to default," toggle. Again, if there is something like that somewhere I apologize, I don't see it. As now I'm attempting to eyeball the text size after decreasing it back from the massive mess I had it in. *whistles* I also must admit the stories that have pictures in their overall display structure are eye catching by comparison to those that do not. So, I would suggest with this system that authors go ahead and create Book title mock-ups or images. It does make them more visible to the eye-test. Overall it looks organized, trimmed, and the accessibility features are enhanced a lot from what they were, which adds a lot of ease, especially settling back into a story you've already started reading and the reading settings already to your liking. Those features alone are a massive improvement.

Thank you. There's a myriad of different reasons anyone can list, but it all comes down to the individual with the eyeballs looking over the words on the pages, really. Although with online fiction I do think: Posting schedules and presence are a lot more important, you can write a damn good story, but if it takes you three months between chapters, it's a bit too much time for most people. You have to be consistent with your posting if you want to keep readers. I learned that very thoroughly across three different stories that I wasn't consistent with. In this writing community, it isn't so large that you can't remember names. When those names stop coming along with you for the ride, you notice. That is, if they actually react to the story in the first place. I will also say this: Sometimes authors feel like they're on an island by themselves. So, if readers are reading the story, they should consider giving something for the author to acknowledge. Readers that allow them to become an anonymous number doesn't build anything with the author they're enjoying. An anonymous number becoming known might be fuel for someone on the edge of quitting or saying, 'this is my last story...' I know that was a bit off-topic. But if the author is doing everything right, readers should reward them for it.

Lovely news, and in October! Keep your ears warm, Steven. Enjoy the snow.

It isn't GA's fault that some people don't take the time to learn the mechanics of the site, either. They're easily found, you just have to do a few more clicks. If people can't manage that, then there's not a lot that can be done. You can literally find the Anthology stories multiple different ways. There's only so much coddling that can take place, come on now. Example: Filtering your Story search, you can list both themes and get the entire published list. Took all of two seconds.

No, and especially not sneaky, cheeky, pick-pocket, swindling, intoxicated ones with beady eyes, and grabby little hands.

I love a good made-from-scratch chicken pot pie... my goodness. As for my favorite animals it is a close race between Red foxes, Leopards, Meerkats, and Giant Pandas.

Congratulations @lawfulneutralmage

It means a great deal. I was young when I found GA, when I started writing. I used to think that the internet was a lot less than it is. More than my thirteen/fourteen year old brain could comprehend. When I started writing, it was around the same time that I and my real life gay friends found Nifty. I honestly didn't need to be on that site at that age. I didn't see it as scary, so when I started writing I was very much a teenager dealing with mostly adults. Adults that didn't know that I was so young. I got some interesting e-mails and comments. I don't think I would have stayed past my first two stories if I hadn't found GA. I used to have a blog here. I deleted it years ago, I'm sure it is still in the deep back alleys. I talked about everything that I won't talk about now. I want to protect my privacy, so I want the smallest online footprint possible. When I found GA one of those things I talked about changed the course of my entire life. Still does to this day. If you were around back then and happened into my "tell all," blogging I used to do, you know what that is if you haven't forgotten. The writing, posting, and community were a distraction from that and the island I put myself on for a time. It has of course morphed into the 'home' I use for my writing. I don't post anywhere else, not even to Nifty anymore. GA gave me @wildone. Someone I might harass, belittle, torture, poke at... but someone I have told things to that I've not spoken out loud to another living person. If I'm honest there have been years, months, that I said, "no more," with GA. I wasn't writing or present here, but he was, so I stayed. If he ever says he is stepping away, I'll go too, I've said that in the past and it still holds true. It's not that he carries all the weight and love I have for this place. I have learned, laughed, fussed over, and fought for a lot while here. It impacted my life to a degree. I wouldn't have written half of what I have to show without GA's support. Lastly, and probably most importantly, I could see what this place was for people who were alone in their personal worlds that didn't have anyone they could confide in about sexuality, fears, relationships, and/or writing. People found a place to be for a little while. To witness it, not fully understanding it as a heterosexual woman has been valuable to me.

I'm the Rudy Judy, by the way.

Mercy Bill, going way back in the time machine... lol. I remember nothing about this story. I guess that means I can squint and read it, maybe. Thank you for dusting off the cobwebs and dust to read this thing, commenting, and leaving a review. Stories like these is why I partially stopped doing Anthologies. I've never mastered the art of writing short stories, I tend to leave them far too open-ended and needing more of a continuation to be a satisfiable read. I don't think I've gotten any better at that since I'm looking at an 81 page "short story," idea I still have to edit and do some rewriting on.