I started on projects with the intent to continue them if people showed interest and then cancelled them. Years later, some people step forward wondering why I didn't continue, and I tell them the same thing every time: no one showed a lick of interest or gave me any indication I was being read.
Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL
One of the best moments for me was finding a forum via itch.io traffic, introducing myself, and someone telling me one of my stories lives in their head rent free
It's incredibly rare though for me to hear anything!
Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe
Absolutely this. When we write it kind of goes into the void. You put five years into something and then don’t hear about it for years at a time.
I even love the student podcast about my book that complained “too many fish.”
Andrew Alan Johnson
Something I found that really helps writers especially is to tell them you read their work. There is a friend of mine who thought their work went completely unread for ages, they had no idea, I would read every update of theirs no matter how small.
I told them their work was important to me.
