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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1246997" data-attributes="member: 812">The one thing I think all this really shows is how much a few readers' posts can mean to a Story Hour author.I know that for myself, one complimentary post from somebody can absolutely make my whole week. And when I put up a new post and nobody comments, it's a little discouraging, for sure.But like a number of folks have said -- I write for myself. I write because I have to -- writing stories is like breathing to me, I just do it constantly and my Story Hours (did I mention there's one that has the words "Wild Stewardesses" in the title?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ) are one avenue I make use of. I'll be writing them even if NOBODY'S reading.But it sure makes me feel good when somebody posts "Hey, this rocks! Thanks!".The lesson there is for those of us who READ a Story Hour -- we should keep in mind how much encouragement a single comment can be.</blockquote>