On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, L.S McGill wrote:

 And for nearly two years, and twelve chapters, I've had not one single
C&C.  I know people are reading, because I still get people who ask
after it, but Two years without a single comment being made other than
wondering if I've abandoned the story makes me wonder why I bother to
post here at all.  For all the response I get, I might as well just send
them straight to Larry.  This list has become an occasional reference
request board for me and little else, because, for the most part, it
appears it has become a fan club for a select few writers, who can
always expect C&C, and screw everybody else.  However much these writers
deserve praise, Being a member of their fan club wasn't why I came to
the FFML, and only the encouragement of Larry to keep giving it a chance
has kept me posting.  It hasn't stopped me writing, because I never
wrote for any of your praise to begin with, but I CAN'T IMPROVE ANYTHING
IF NO-ONE EFFING SAYS ANYTHING.

You know, I did line-by-line reading and C&C your earliest chapters when
you first started posting them.  I eventually stopped because I felt that
my suggestions were directed towards a different style than how you wanted
to write your fic.  When it was clear that the bulk of my comments
directed towards items that you weren't going to change, I didn't see the
need to continue C&Cing.

I'm sorry to hear that you haven't received C&C from anyone else, and I
can't speak for why anyone else does or does not give comments.

 Feel free to ban me if you must, but I've held my tongue for over a
year, and this BS in my mailbox has pissed me off.

I certainly hope you're not banned for not recieving C&C.  And I hope that
some of your readers, the ones who are still reading your fic, will be
motivated to post some commentary.

-Natsume Ranma Ranma
-------
The sardines weren't worth the trouble.  A few more shots, then
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode.  Ducking around a corner,
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of
my Anime supplier.

One look at his face and I knew that I had been betrayed.  "Tell me,"
I insisted.  He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance.  Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao," he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...

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