>>54771760Full time job, grad school, family, an original fic of equal length, three other hobbies (coding, sports, gaming). One of my bad habits is going on months-long hiatus because of real life issues.
>>54771811>It has been 6/7 of the way finished for yearsWhen I'm on time, I aim for monthly updates, 8k word chapters. Steady progress. If your beef is that you just don't like unfinished products- that's fair.
>>547721695.5/7ths done. Time-wise, no idea, real life is a bitch.
>>54772219AO3: 946 kudos, 70k hits, 631 comment threads (so not just inflated comment counts from me thanking everyone who leaves a review- not usually my style). Modicum of success, I'd say.
Audience: obsessive millennials who never got over their young adult romantic issues, like me. Olivine is pretty melodromatic and indulgent, without being escapist schlock. It's also rated Explicit, despite the sex scenes making up ~15 pages out of several thousand.
I think, like many authors, there's shit you don't want to put up with from critics of your work, but there's also shit and criticisms you agree with and wish you could do better, and things you think are okay but not for everyone. I think Olivine Romance has a lot of the last, especially all the sexual angst.
