I always direct people to my highlights and I try to be as kind as possible when people ask for updates, because I get it. But, it can certainly be frustrating when people message me with nothing else, not even a hello, just “When u gonna update.” I usually ignore those, because I don’t find it a respectful way to go about asking someone something.
I can count on one hand, luckily, the amount of people I’ve had to block due to aggressively berating me about updates.
I do make a (very small) profit writing for Episode, but honestly, that doesn’t motivate me to write more. I have a full time career, family, friends, etc. that will always come first.
I’ve never, as an avid episode reader, asked an author about updates. I love writing but like others have said, the constant asks can be super demotivating. Especially, because I have a few stories, if I update one, there’s always someone upset that I didn’t update their favourite.
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