User blog comment:Umbrello/Self Promotion Makes Me Feel Weird/@comment-28088262-20150724110534/@comment-26030957-20150725002814

I write my pastas to get read, why else would I post them. The people I message are people I consider my friends, whom I assume would want to know when I post a new story. They always seem to read them and say how much they enjoy them. When I first joined there was a little circle of people I was in that all read each other's stories and were very supportive and offered great advice. It was Garbage Factory, Banning, Shadow Swimmer, Dupin, Me, and we'd always get Jay to read our stories, too. It was really fun and I think my writing improved tremendously because of it. This place is supposed to be a community, right? And don't think that if you are a great writer you are just going to get tons of fans. Look at Mike MacGee, one of the best writers on this site and he has barely any comments on his stories. Whatever, if you get a message from me to read a story just know I consider you a friend, and that I will read your stories as well.