When I started posting my work here it was to allow people to read some of what I created years ago on other sites. I pulled them together, had to make some major changes due to newer site terms, and rebuild what I had.
That isn't easy for many reasons but I did it anyway because these aren't just my stories. These were the dreams and desires of women that I became good friends with and leaving them to sit on my hard drive didn't sit well with me.
Since I wrote these stories my life has changed in many ways. These changes made it hard for me to do the due diligence required of a serious author, but then I am not a serious author anymore. I'm a father and a husband first and foremost. What I am doing is trying to keep my friends stories alive, and give people a glimpse into their world.
Other than a few nit pickers the response has been wonderful. I had to be reminded of something the great Mel Brooks once said "With the creation of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth, the critic". I had to remember to listen to the many instead of the one.
Considering the competition here, to stand in the rating so high for so long helps me to gain that much needed perspective. It also gives me strength to keep going back, making the changes, and hoping to keep the spirit of the stories the same while doing so. (I have a t least three series so far that I haven't been able to do that with.)
So I am here to say thanks. Thanks for supporting me, supporting my friends memories, and for the encouragement to keep going forwards.
Please remember that the more you tell all of us authors what you like, what you loved, and how it made you feel is what keeps us hammering at these keys. It's the love of our readers and friends that keeps us going to you can keep reading.
So thanks again for everything, Greven.