Melancholy. 

Since I started here two years ago, I have been part of at least 35 1X1 stories. Only one of them has ever been completed. At the moment, 18 of those stories are still open (I gave up on the rest after my partners lost interested or disappeared altogether). Of those 18, 8 are on hiatus leaving 10... and some of those haven't posted for close to 3 weeks now. Several of them seemed to have vanished altogether or told me they were going to be away for a while just after one or two posts! You, dear heart, [i]tried[/i]! And you have no idea how much I appreciate that!!

I just keep getting the feeling I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what! People tell me they like my style, they like the stories and ideas that I present, they like my characters, they even seem to appreciate the fact that I want to hear and use [i]their[/i] ideas! But in the end I just seem to be having the worst time keeping more than 2 or 3 longterm partners, and I just don't know why!

(Laughing) Then again, maybe I'm just being paranoid and feeling sorry for myself. It's been a long couple of days.