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There's a certain kind of review that I only get at the Pit of Voles. On fic marked completed, people say things like "Great start! I can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter!" Now, granted, I tend to write stories that are fairly open-ended, but I get that kind of comment regardless of how open or closed the ending of the story is. "Completed" is not the default setting on that or *any* archive that has it as an option; you have to select it. Is it too much to ask that some of them, occasionally, a) glance at the top of the screen to see whether it's a WIP or not before assuming there will be another chapter and b) not assume they can bribe/guilt me into writing a new chapter by hinting for one in their review? I never get this type of review anywhere else, not even LJ/DW which has no helpful tickyboxes to tell you something is complete. I usually write back something passive aggressive, along the lines of "Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you liked my story. This fic is completed. If you would like to write a sequel, I'd love to read it!"
ETA: Just got another one, this one with the gall to tell me what "needed" to happen in the sequel--basically a full outline. Now, saying something like "wouldn't it be cool if ..." is one thing. Saying "This is what you need to write next" is a whole different ball of wax.
Also, as the weather has gotten colder I have realized that my bedroom is the coldest room in the apartment. This wasn't the case when I moved in in the summer. I live in the second floor of a two-story house, where the second floor is two rectangles offset from one another. One rectangle has my kitchen/dining/living area, and the other two small bedrooms and a bathroom. Heat is provided by radiant baseboards along three sides of the exterior. Three of my bedroom walls are exterior walls, two with windows in them; the baseboards only run along one (short) side. I understand why they didn't want to run baseboards along that whole side--besides my bedroom, it's also the (narrow) entryway and part of my kitchen, so there's cabinets and stuff in the way and not a lot of room. And maybe that corner of the house is just where it was easiest to tie in the pipes for the radiant heat. But surely they could have done a little loop along the long side of the room? At least the extra five feet to get under the other window?
ETA: Just got another one, this one with the gall to tell me what "needed" to happen in the sequel--basically a full outline. Now, saying something like "wouldn't it be cool if ..." is one thing. Saying "This is what you need to write next" is a whole different ball of wax.
Also, as the weather has gotten colder I have realized that my bedroom is the coldest room in the apartment. This wasn't the case when I moved in in the summer. I live in the second floor of a two-story house, where the second floor is two rectangles offset from one another. One rectangle has my kitchen/dining/living area, and the other two small bedrooms and a bathroom. Heat is provided by radiant baseboards along three sides of the exterior. Three of my bedroom walls are exterior walls, two with windows in them; the baseboards only run along one (short) side. I understand why they didn't want to run baseboards along that whole side--besides my bedroom, it's also the (narrow) entryway and part of my kitchen, so there's cabinets and stuff in the way and not a lot of room. And maybe that corner of the house is just where it was easiest to tie in the pipes for the radiant heat. But surely they could have done a little loop along the long side of the room? At least the extra five feet to get under the other window?
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Date: 2010-12-04 08:49 am (UTC)From:I don't get FF.N reviews anymore, but I do get alerts every once in a while that someone has added my story to their favourites. I don't know whether I prefer that to the occasionally dense tone of comments there, really.
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Date: 2010-12-04 02:40 pm (UTC)From: