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Post by patriotsrule on Apr 23, 2005 18:44:14 GMT -5
Hey all,
Just wanted to be (yet another) of those who're a bit less than satisfied with the 1 story a week quota here.
Mr. Grey, what's going on?
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Post by Rat Bastard on Apr 24, 2005 1:43:16 GMT -5
What are you talking about?
After the 9-day delay at the start of the month, for which Mr Grey apologized several times, the last few updates were 3 days, 5 days and 3 days apart, and it's barely been 3 days since the last update - that's hardly "1 story a week". And that doesn't even mention the two photo stories he did on the side.
Apart from that, even if the rate were 1 story a week, that would be pretty d**n productive, compared to most non-professional authors out there. Does The Sympathetic Devil put out 1 Story per week? Does AMOWAT? Does anyone?
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Post by patriotsrule on Apr 24, 2005 11:36:15 GMT -5
While I do not disagree that the quality of stories that Mr. Grey puts out are excellent, there is however, the issue of managing expectations.
For instance, the "What's Coming Soon" page suggests there is a new story out every Friday. There is no such thing.
I am not at all upset at the fact that there is no new stuff, but the fact that there is little explanation of it, is a little upsetting. He did apologize and said that things would get back to normal, but this is not normal, I'm afraid - atleast let us know you wouldn't be able to post a story.
Once again - not to knock on the quality of stuff he puts out, but still a little bit of PR would go a long way.
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Post by MrGrey on Apr 24, 2005 14:04:25 GMT -5
Again, I apologize for the slowing down of updates lately. When I started the site, I was starting it at a time when I lots of spare time, so I was able to update very frequently. I am still in college, so the spring semester is almost up. That means research papers, lots and lots of reading, and exams. But, I have about two weeks left until I'm done for the summer. For the next two weeks, I'll try not to let more than a couple of days pass without an update. After I'm done with classes, I'll have more spare time than I'll know what to do with.
From now on I'll try not to wait until you guys ask me where I am before I explain myself. I guess I'm guilty of assuming you guys are content if I don't hear anything from you. For those of you who wait patiently, I thank you. For those of you who speak up and want to know when to expect another deserved story, I understand. Please try to remember that it's just me writing the stories, and that I write whenever I get a chance.
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Post by alexey101 on Apr 24, 2005 15:55:03 GMT -5
Well, I personaly prefer the quality of the story over the quantity. I also don't like the too short stories and prefer them to longer once which takes some time to read and to enjoy the ploy. So if it takes time to write the good long story, I think this is better than to have every 2-3 days a short story or chapter, released only due to timetable considorations.
Hey guys, I want to enjoy the good stories for the long time and not to burn out our author in the first several monthes and be left without anything at all. So let's be patient.
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Post by Mavicdog on Apr 24, 2005 22:32:31 GMT -5
MrGrey,
No complaint from me, however - if I may suggest - since you have stated on your site that you would post updates on Fridays maybe you could at least ensure that this occurs. I would rather see you save up stories written during the week and be able to count on a Friday update. Even if there are other updates during week I can't help but be disappointed when Friday passes with no update - as it did this week. Otherwise keep up the good work.
M.
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Post by Hawkeye1 on Apr 28, 2005 20:38:32 GMT -5
hey mrgrey, just curious, but how many submissions have you gotten thus far and how many more do you need to start on? "Barefoot" was great, hope you get a chance to work on more of the member stories. Hawkeye1  |
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Post by TrippCollins1 on Apr 29, 2005 5:26:43 GMT -5
Being a college Guy, I completly understand... Hope the papers go by fast and painless... No hurry on the site, I know you won't let us down.
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Post by MrGrey on Apr 29, 2005 9:15:29 GMT -5
hey mrgrey, just curious, but how many submissions have you gotten thus far and how many more do you need to start on? "Barefoot" was great, hope you get a chance to work on more of the member stories. Hawkeye1 My mailbox is full of them. Probably around 40 or 50 requests and still coming. So we'll have plenty of fresh material to last us for a while. ;-) I'll probably start working through them again next week. MrGrey |
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