Those of you who follow my Fanfiction.net account or my TF writings in general are probably aware of my tendency to lag in updating, especially on my more long winded fics. It is one reason why I have been trying to limit myself to short stories or oneshots, so I don't run into this problem. I've had people message me asking if I would update or if I was abandoning the story, etc. I don't mind those messages. I feel bad because they seem to enjoy my stories and want to see the end of them and whenever I get those, I tend to go to whatever story they asked about and try to write something. Even if it's just a little.

In general, people seem to be understanding about this situation, although they're obviously disappointed. I can accept and appreciate these messages.

What I don't appreciate is getting the same review from the same person posted to three of my stories and tell me that I suck because I don't update.

I woke up to this message posted in three of my stories:

Lnzy1,

A new review/comment has been submitted to your story...

From: Trigger ()
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I have to say that I am very unhappy with you about your writing "style". You
come up with a really interesting story, you post interesting story, you
update maybe two times, and then you don't finish it. This is a very good
example of that. You spent who knows how much time developing this amazing and
fun to read story with characters that are well developed and then 76% into
the plot you just say "well, that's all folks. You don't get to know how it
ends!". Yes, I know it is YOUR story, and I wouldn't complain if you had only
done this once or twice, but YOU HAVE DONE THIS WITH QUITE A FEW. Lets look at
some that you are doing this with shall we? Shoots and Ladders, Domestic
Liberation, Collateral Damage, and Small Favors. Wow, those are some very good
stories. Now, you have gotten pretty far into the story and GUESS WHAT,
updates are virtually NONEXISTENT. I am sure that maybe a few more months,
perhaps one or two YEARS you will post that you have no more interest in
finishing them. Thank goodness other writers who went on to publish books
didn't let writer's block stop them. Some writers try to work through those
dry periods and then they get inspired again. But hey, that must not be for
you, right? That nasty old writer's block is just too much of a hurdle for
little old you.
Oh yeah, I am posting this in some of your other stories too. Just so that
you don't miss it.


Whoever sent this message to me, this is not something I appreciate. You do not know me, how my life works, what I do, what my ambitions or goals are. You come off as presumptions and I do not like being spoken to as if my writing was some homework assignment I did not turn in.

If you have ever written a story that goes on as long as 50 or so chapters, it's incredibly difficult to keep the steam and enthusiasm for the story going, especially when you have five or six other ideas clamoring to be written. You wanna know how many stories I have on file that consist of two paragraphs and that's it? I'll likely never get them written or posted because I haven't the will or interest to write it all out.

It could also be the fact that I'm slowly but surely loosing interest in writing stories. You all probably are familiar with Starhorse. A wonderful author and incredible artist. Well, she stopped writing a while back. Probably burned herself out. I identify with that. Not to say I don't want to write, I just have an increasingly hard time to find the energy to write. It's not always as simple as a writer's block, my dear Trigger.

I have also updated my FF.N profile with a response to your review.

I am not going to write for the sake of writing just to update for the sake of updating. If I am going to update it will be on my terms.

I write to explore the Transformers universe, trying to weave Human experience with Alien existence. I write for fun and enjoyment.

And when I receive messages such as these, there is no fun or enjoyment to be had.