How *not* to ask for an update.

[icarus]

Asking for updates is fine. Even when I don't have time, it will often jog my mind about a story, and I'm flattered people want to hear more.

I finished Primer To The Dark Arts, the Beg Me For It series, The Walls of Jericho is complete and in beta review as we speak. My track record of finishing WIPs is solid. I have one WIP that I'm not going to finish, and that's A Deserving Man. It was written for someone who's just not interested in more.

But this, as requests go...

hey...

the first chapters were quite interesting but i lost it when i realized
that the story is not yet done...sorry...

can u like finish it coz it really frustrates me to read a well-written
fic without an ending...

so pls finish it already...

My first response is: No.

Comments

[amethyst-lupin.livejournal.com]

You're the second person on my friend list that has posted something to this affect today... stupid people, whatever happened to manners?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Could it be the reviewer? Heck, I've no problem with reviews, my attitude is "More, please?" But, you know, a "please and thank you" or some indication why she liked the fic instead of how much she hated seeing it end.

I wonder if she doesn't know about WIPs and how prevalent they are in HP fanfic? 'Cause she's in for a shocker: guess what? Draco Veritas isn't finished either. So... nah, nah.

(I'm sick. I'm allowed an immature response.)

Icarus