Dear FictionExpress,
I really wish we could have made it. When FA first closed down, I was afraid that we weren't going to have anyway place to go at all, but since Dot set up FE... well, it looked like it was just going to relocated.
I don't know why it didn't work out, but it sorta depresses me. There were over a thousand of us over of FA, but there are only 53 registered members at FE (really only 49, since one had to register four different times) and only about six of us post with any "frequency." Once every other month, that is. And the worst part is, we're not going to attract any new members without some serious posting movement. A lot of them drifted away a long time ago...
So what went wrong? I really don't know. We got along great at FA, and we still get along great at FE. We're all writers, we all still write, we all still talk...so why so little now? It's still a friendly place. I don't think there have actually been any fights in there at all, and it's been around for over a year now, I think. It's not like we're rivals. Also, the topics are a little different than those at FA, but not by much. Lots of people were disappointed when FA closed anyway. Where did they all go?
I'm not quitting or anything. I'll still be around, and I'll still post when someone else does. I just feel kinda sad that we're teetering so much. It's not going to get better, I think. I would love to see it get back into full swing like it was at FA. What makes us so different anyway? It's just a new site title and new managment - managment that's almost identical to that of FA, without the if-you-don't-donate-we're-going-to-close-you-down threats.
Love,
Heather (Cass to...well, just about everyone there, despite the fact that there is an actual Cass there.
And Cassie to Serp, since I call him Serp.)
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"Nothing worth having is easy."
Three years!