I posted chapter four this morning. Already I've had a few emails with very different point of views. One person didn't care for the text messaging format of the chapter. I get that. Another person loved it. I get that too. There are things I like and dislike about it but I did it for no reason more complicated than it felt right. I'm not making high art here. It's smut but I still want to having fun writing it whatever it is. And I like smut, honest, perverse smut.
One person (neither mentioned already) made some snide comments about the timing of releases. That both surprised me and I'd expected it sooner. Honestly the community on SOL is very positive which I've found very encouraging. Regarding that timing, while I'd love to put out a chapter a day it's not going to happen. Why? I'm busy, it's that simple. I get why people get frustrated. There are writers whose work I like and they release painfully slow but in the end they're writing for fun. At least I hope they are. My response when I see a new chapter come out that I've really wanted is to send encouragement to the writer rather than complain about how slowly they post.
And it occurs to me that I haven't been as consistent in encouraging every writer I should which I'm going to make an effort to correct.
Anyway, I'm working on chapter five today. Melissa and Lavi are over for lunch. Robert is nervous but pretty sure he has lunch under control. He's right about that much.