Jul 8, 2010: The first chapter is about desperation. A man wishing he could write something good, but determined to write something that will make money, in order to pay the mortgage.

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Jul 11, 2010: "She needed a story that others could slip into, a story that would overflow its sentences, a story like love."

Metafiction is a hard thing to do right. It’s easy to lose your reader in experimental nonsense or lugubrious faux-Borges prose. When the metafictional conceit is a commentary on the financial reality and dynamics of online fiction, it has even more of a chance to appear crass and ill-tempered. The percentage of low-quality attempts in this genre only make the exceptional [more . . .]

Jul 10, 2010: This is honestly one of the better stories I’ve read online. Wonderful writing, great characterization, good imagery. It also brings attention to current issues and social problems.

I highly recommend it, and I will be watching for more updates and am very interested in seeing where the story goes. I’d like to donate myself, but my husband is in the same boat as the author in the story.

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