Can someone who knows the author "words to the wise" plead with the author that he should reconsider his decision.
The story gives me something to look forward to and I love it
Can someone who knows the author "words to the wise" plead with the author that he should reconsider his decision.
The story gives me something to look forward to and I love it
Same, he discussed briefly in Patreon that life was taking a strange direction. That he couldn't continue patreon, but promises to continue through lit and stories online. That was last year, now last i read was January. Was looking for it this month only to see it deleted here and in lit. Let's just hope he comes back, I really like the story.
Being an author requires a large amount of time and effort. Author's on SOL write both short and long stories. The longer the story, the greater the expenditure of time and effort to produce a good story.
There comes a point where the author makes the decision to end their career as an author. The final straw could be poor health; insufficient time for writing, family, and work; or negative comments from their readers; or some other reason.
When that time comes, an author's readers need to accept the author's decision to stop writing.
Your plea for someone to plead with the author that he should reconsider his decision is inappropriate in my opinion. Vengeful Tide had one or more reasons for making his decision, and you should respect that decision.
I personally would consider a reader telling me (demanding ?) that I need to change my mind to be an insult. I am a mature man and I would not make such a decision lightly for I enjoy spinning a tale and want to continue posting my stories. Over the past several years, my output has declined. The time between my posting is likely to increase due to personal problems. I may never pull the plug on being an author, but that is a possibility if my situation changes.
I personally would consider a reader telling me (demanding ?) that I need to change my mind to be an insult.
Or it could be viewed as a compliment.
A couple of years ago, I went into a Smart N' Final grocery store that I frequent. I selected a specific brand of flour tortillas that I prefer. When I got to the checkout register, the clerk let me know about a sale on a different brand of tortillas. I thanked him and told him I was not interested. That should have ended his trying to help (?) me.
The clerk continued to push me to put my tortillas back and buy the other brand. At the time, I was in my early seventies and he was in his late twenties. I considered his high-pressure sales techniques to be an insult to my ability to make a good decision on what I wanted to buy. Since then, I try to avoid him and his checkout register. I will stand in a long line to avoid him rather than deal with him and his egotistical attitude of superiority.
For me, there is nothing more insulting than someone telling me I made the wrong decision when they have no understanding of why I made my decision. So no, I would not consider it to be a compliment.
So no, I would not consider it to be a compliment.
But if a reader told an author who stopped writing that he really loved his writing and hoped he would continue (change his mind), as the author I would consider that flattery.
Now if the reader became obnoxious or belligerent, that's another story.
As someone who is paid to write, I find it hard at times to continue a relationship with SOL. But I love to write. And SOL provides me with a proving ground where I can put forth new ideas and judge the reaction from others. But still, as a professional, it is hard to "give away" my craft. So yes, I understand someone throwing in the towel. Especially someone who bleeds with the misfortunes of each of their characters and with each painful twist of events. Writing is a gut-wrenching experience. If it isn't for you, you are most likely a wannabee.
Jo-Anne Wiley
Writing is a gut-wrenching experience.
But magical.
Just the other day, while writing, I watched the typed letters and then words appear on the blank screen. Where there was nothing, there was now words. And, someday, someone was going to read those words.
Definitely magical.
I watched the typed letters and then words appear... Definitely magical.
Definitely.
In Latvian, this is codified in the language itself. The verb "to cast a spell" is burt, and the (masculine) noun for "letter" (as in, a glyph) is burts with coincide with finished past form of the aforementioned verb, so, "a letter (glyph)" = "had been spell-cast".
Further, the root 'rakst-' as a verb rakstīt = "to write", but also other derivatives, especially verb izrakstīt = "to write out", "to prescribe" can and is used also in meanings "to ornament/prettify" and "to magically-enhance". Noun raksts = "a pattern" or "a write-up, an article" (as in, in a magazine). Magic = pattern.
Interestingly, we have also a feminine noun with the root '-bur-' bura, with means "sail". There, for example, first person present mach accusative: I cast a spell = buru, [I rise a] sail = ... buru or plural nominative mach continuous-recursive present: [a ship has] sails = ... buras while he/she/they engage in spellcasting = buras.
To take it even further, second person past: "you did cast a spell" = "tu būri" coincide with singular accusative or plural nominative of a noun būris = "a cage"... (magic is a trap)