Merkin

>>On the other hand, there are stories, especially on Gay Authors and on Nifty, whose authors seem unable to let them go even though their expiration date has long passed.

I'm probably guilty of that with one of my stories at GA. The Company is my mad scientist laboratory where I try out my wacky theories. People know this, and I'm shocked at how many people follow it religiously. Every chapter is practically a novella. It follows the protagonist in a sort of semi stream-of-consciousness. It's set in the eighties, so I don't have to struggle with the culture.

I used to try to speed up my production, editing, outlining, and field test some of my theories on using psychology for realistic characterization. There's a reason why it is there. I'm surprised so many people want to see more and more of it. I never thought I'd do a soap opera, but that's what it has become, and people have their favorite characters.