amalthia | (Reply)

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I think waiting 3 days for a fic is reasonable. It's bad when you're waiting a month, or 10 days, or 20 days...one time I think the author spread it out over 2 months! and trust me the story wasn't that long...shakes head.

10k a day...that feels more acceptable and 3 days isn't such a long wait I think by the time anyone realizes there's a new story it's already all posted. :)

I also get that after writing such a long story you'd want to keep it active for a little while longer in people's memories.

astolat proposed a solution I hadn't thought of before, which is post a small reminder after posting a story in the next 2 or 3 LJ posts so in case anyone missed the story update...for me I have a website so for a long time I just put my newest story at the very top of the page...I don't know I just feel like there are other ways to keep a story alive a little longer in people's memories than spreading it out like butter.

It just kills me when I see some authors with a 30k story and only posting 2k words a day.

and for me this is a pet peeve not something that I feel rational about and I know that but I can't help feeling it. and I'm just one reader and I read fast and I want to read the entire story in one go, especially if it's from a really good author.