Talk:Playing the Game/@comment-7706473-20140712101704/@comment-7706473-20140713073435

You can always go the Stormlilly path of least resistance and title it something bizarre with a relation only you understand, though that does run the risk of people calling you pretentious, even when the meaning totally makes sense the way you see it, wahahaha! But I'm glad you decided to go the more serious route for the title, even if you're still considering other options. I think that the title works pretty well as is, because the meat of the horror comes from the fact you are, well, playing with someone else's life.

I actually liked Arachnerd, nost just because arthropods are the best, but because I read some interesting (and possibly entirely fabricated) concern in their last post. Again, I liked all the posters; I felt you did a very good job of creating the atmosphere people feel on BBS, and made me nostalgic for the fact that most people prefer chatting and the like. Now, if I may digress for a minute...

The hardest thing possible is getting attention. So many stories I love and consider fantastically well-written just don't get attention, or more likely are *read* but people do not *respond*. I think there are a lot of reasons for this, too many to easily pigeonhole; but it's rough, that's for sure. I feel like it's our goal as writers to soldier on and keep writing; and the times when a story is popular, be thankful for the attention and use the time wisely, for it tends not to come twice. Sometimes it can help to post to the 'everyone talks' page, but again, I've known quite a few readers who will read a story and not comment for whatever reason; making the whole experience at time feel Sisyphian indeed.