"Things Will Change" ~ Lobo Leo

[Lizardman]

Originally Posted by Akaruime

Just out of curiosity, Liz, but are you sure you should be the one harping on Leo about aborted projects?

Remember the Transformation Graphic Archive you said you were going to rebuild and make so much better? Not only years ago when you were new on the scene, but later on as a members only gallery linked to the one of several portal sites you've worked on and abandoned over the years. Or how about the different writing projects that come and go, including storefronts that you run to vend your stories and then just forget about as you move on.

I redid the TGA as the ATA. Funny you neglected that part. And I stopped bothering when it became clear that the vocal TF fans were idiots. "Updated every other Monday," which always happened when I was working on it, would create questions such as, "When is the next update?"

And the members-only gallery is evolving. Thanks to Miranda Leigh's input over the years, and the needs of artists and the ease of integrating PayPal, it'll become something much better. An alpha of a new software package is being developed and tested.

The portals? Furnpike's still around, but the software is really buggy. I just don't have the time to do up new code, and it's not like there are any people who want to contribute to working on things in the TF fandom anymore. Well, very, very few anyways.

The storefront tested to see the viability of selling TF stories with little work on my end, except the writing. And it turned out that it wasn't worth my time. I make more money selling to publishers and artists than making cheap downloads.

Originally Posted by Akaruime

And then there's Dragon Magic Store, which had a web presence that said it was being rebuilt for how many years before you finally just abandoned it's online presence as well?

Because I went back to school, and since then the market has dried up. So why continue something that will end up losing money for me?

Originally Posted by Akaruime

Yes, Leo's disappeared and abandoned projects over the years. But really the only difference between him and you at the simplest level is that Leo completely disappears and doesn't communicate. Maybe the same can be said about any project you do? Given that you have just as much of a life?

I work on what interests me and, hopefully, helps to pay the bills. If something fails at one or both, it stops.

Difference is, in the time of more than a year when Leo barely made a peep, his banners to donate to get into his gallery remained. Anything I offered for sale had deliveries of what people bought; the only thing remaining are a few commissions that are being finished with illustrations now (illustrations were not part of the original commissions) as thanks for being really patient.

So there's distinct differences. A larger difference is that I don't treat my fans like complete shit; I only treat those deserving of it who have personal axes to grind.