I had another look at <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/">Web Fiction Guide</a> today, and saw that two more people had written <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/tamao/">positive reviews of Tamao</a>. Thank you both.

Both of the more recent reviews also included negative points. One comments that the pacing sometimes seems off, with six or seven installments for something that only needed two or three. Well, all I can say is that the 7x7x7 structure seemed like a good idea at the time… It has made pacing more difficult, and although I think I've got a bit better at it, if Tamao continues I'll be removing that particular straitjacket. The other said that it would be even better when polished, which is plausible, given that this is a first draft; there are perhaps four installments that have reached two drafts. It's not paying well enough for revisions.

But they did raise an interesting question, to which I don't know the answer. What do you, the readers, like about Tamao, and what would you like to see more of?

I'm not phrasing the question like that because I can't cope with criticism. I can cope; the comments interface has a delete button. However, I think it might be easier to act on positive requests, if the story continues. Bear in mind that I have a buffer of about three months, so you won't see anything for a while, and I don't promise to do what anyone asks. But I am interested to hear what you have to say. I am writing this to be read, after all.

You can be critical if you really want…

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Thanks.