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In Dumbledore's Army, you updated once every 1.5 days. Now you are
updating every 3.5 days. Any reason for the 233% slowdown?

Hey all... long time/first time (for those familiar with AM Talk
Radio.) For the authors, I am better known as PK Fan on FFN. Now to
address the subject.....

Good grief, cut the authors a little slack. I know we all enjoy
reading their works but bashing them over the speed of the updates
will do nothing positive for either the writers or the readers. We
have found a great pair of authors here, and I'll be damned if I'll
allow them to go underground like RossWrock and Arya did after
receiving a lot of flak for lack of updates from their Yahoo!Board.
They are doing this for their own enjoyment. I don't want to take
that pleasure away from them.

For the length and quality of the chapters, I think getting 2 updates
a week is rather generous. It's much easier to sit back and read
them than it is to actually write them. Trust me, I know. I am as
anxious as everyone else to read the upcoming chapters. Badgering
won't do anything positive. I must content myself with other
distractions knowing that they are working diligently on our behalf.

Bob and Alyx -- great, great work. Keep them coming as best you can.

-- PK Fan

--- In snorkack@..., "tendrarinstat" <tendrarinstat@y...>
wrote:

In Dumbledore's Army, you updated once every 1.5 days. Now you are
updating every 3.5 days. Any reason for the 233% slowdown?

--- In snorkack@..., "tendrarinstat" <tendrarinstat@y...>
wrote:

In Dumbledore's Army, you updated once every 1.5 days. Now you are
updating every 3.5 days. Any reason for the 233% slowdown?

I'll take the time to answer this one only because it's probably
important that people understand how we write our stories.

I (Bob) usually write the bulk of the chapter with Alyx occasionally
contributing scenes. Then I pass the chapter to her for editing,
proofing and polishing.

Sunset has a much more complex plot that either Dumbledore's Army or
Spiritus Crystalus. In both of those fictions a chapter was roughly
the equivalent of a month's time frame.

In Sunset, we have already had several chapters were the total time
covered was barely a few days. In one chapter, it covered just the
first day at Hogwarts.

Such a complex storyline, and one designed to get more complex as it
progresses, is not always easy to write. Even after a chapter is
complete I have to go back and check it against my plotline to make
sure I've included all the needed steps.

So please, if we've gone from published every other day to putting out
one or two files a week. Forgive us. :)

- Bob

I have to agree quality over quantity everytime, and I can't imagine
the storyline from Sunset is an easy one, you seem to have alot of
things going on that are at some point going to come together in a
fantastic way.

After all, as today's chapter pointed out, it has been ages since
Harry considered the threat Voldemort poses.

And was I the only one who felt some sympathy towards Draco when he
was alone with Luna after rescuing her from bullies, that he had to
remind himself that she wasn't a whore his father had passed on to
him. It seemed to sad for a sixteen year old for him to be .....
argh... can't think of the word... experienced seems wrong somehow.

Cheers

Fin

--- In snorkack@..., "bobmi357" <submitaccount@y...>
wrote:

--- In snorkack@..., "tendrarinstat"

<tendrarinstat@y...>

wrote:

In Dumbledore's Army, you updated once every 1.5 days. Now you

are

updating every 3.5 days. Any reason for the 233% slowdown?

I'll take the time to answer this one only because it's probably
important that people understand how we write our stories.

I (Bob) usually write the bulk of the chapter with Alyx

occasionally

contributing scenes. Then I pass the chapter to her for editing,
proofing and polishing.

Sunset has a much more complex plot that either Dumbledore's Army

or

Spiritus Crystalus. In both of those fictions a chapter was roughly
the equivalent of a month's time frame.

In Sunset, we have already had several chapters were the total time
covered was barely a few days. In one chapter, it covered just the
first day at Hogwarts.

Such a complex storyline, and one designed to get more complex as

it

progresses, is not always easy to write. Even after a chapter is
complete I have to go back and check it against my plotline to make
sure I've included all the needed steps.

So please, if we've gone from published every other day to putting

out

one or two files a week. Forgive us. :)

- Bob

Thanks. That explains it.