I hope your OK. I enjoyed your writing quite a bit, and I am sad to see this happen. I was hoping this was an April Fools, but it is posted on the wrong day :(
I, too, want to add my well wishes. I hope whatever is stopping you from writing is nothing bad, and that you can continue soon; I greatly look forward to the continuation of the story. Thank you for publishing what you have - it has already brought me great pleasure to read.
I second (3rd? 4th?) that. I was heartbroken when Merger halted after the killing, and temporarily very happy when the story reincarnated as Integration.
For what it's worth, I had the impression the story was really picking up steam again and progressing realistically and logically; both the style and the plot were getting better, IMO. This makes me even more eager to read more.
Whatever the holdup, I join in the best wishes for its reason to go away.
I have been reading both MM and MI the last few days.
I loved MM. Utterly. Well written, interesting people, interesting world, exciting story. All the parts of a good novel.
MI has all that, except for the story. It is too much of an epilogue for MM. It is still a very enjoyable read, but not quite as good as the original. (The doom of all sequels)
I suspect this is the reason for the hiatus?
The interaction with Alanna shows promise, it feels like the beginning of a new great story. However, getting there took too long.
I am not a writer, but I will nevertheless offer some unsolicited advice. In my defence, I am a very experienced READER.
It may sound brutal, but I think you should ditch this half-novel. It does not work.
However, you don't need to start from scratch! You have a well crafted world, a good set of characters and even some prose that can be reused. Feel free to copy-paste parts of this work into the new one where they fit.
Just, this time, have some idea of which story you are going to tell before starting.
I hope this advice is more encouraging than the opposite.
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I hope your OK. I enjoyed your writing quite a bit, and I am sad to see this happen. I was hoping this was an April Fools, but it is posted on the wrong day :(
I am sorry that you won't be writing for awhile. I really love the story.
I hope everything is ok for you and yours.
I, too, want to add my well wishes. I hope whatever is stopping you from writing is nothing bad, and that you can continue soon; I greatly look forward to the continuation of the story. Thank you for publishing what you have - it has already brought me great pleasure to read.
I second (3rd? 4th?) that. I was heartbroken when Merger halted after the killing, and temporarily very happy when the story reincarnated as Integration.
For what it's worth, I had the impression the story was really picking up steam again and progressing realistically and logically; both the style and the plot were getting better, IMO. This makes me even more eager to read more.
Whatever the holdup, I join in the best wishes for its reason to go away.
well, you went on hiatus at almost the same tyme the sahunter took paused on her new story... (scary mary 2)
she's back now, so you can start up again as well :P
-Father "The wishful thinker" Tyme
I have been reading both MM and MI the last few days.
I loved MM. Utterly. Well written, interesting people, interesting world, exciting story. All the parts of a good novel.
MI has all that, except for the story. It is too much of an epilogue for MM. It is still a very enjoyable read, but not quite as good as the original. (The doom of all sequels)
I suspect this is the reason for the hiatus?
The interaction with Alanna shows promise, it feels like the beginning of a new great story. However, getting there took too long.
I am not a writer, but I will nevertheless offer some unsolicited advice. In my defence, I am a very experienced READER.
It may sound brutal, but I think you should ditch this half-novel. It does not work.
However, you don't need to start from scratch! You have a well crafted world, a good set of characters and even some prose that can be reused. Feel free to copy-paste parts of this work into the new one where they fit.
Just, this time, have some idea of which story you are going to tell before starting.
I hope this advice is more encouraging than the opposite.
Your fan.
come back soon, this is a great story!
I still have this page bookmarked, I still check in from time to time.
I'd love to see this story continued.
I'd love to see the story continue, and hope it will someday, but that's entirely up to you - you're doing us a favor by posting it.
Thanks for what you've posted so far, and best wishes on whatever you're currently busy with.
Just checking in again.
I too am just checking in. Please, if you'll not continue this story, let us know it's dead.
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