On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Richard Beaubien wrote:

Okay, I have a small question for the ML. As the end of the second 
semester of college approaches for me, I find that I'm going to have to 
leave this ML and other internet fuctions. But as some of you know, I 
have 2 chapters of a on going fanfic series that I've already completed 
(Natsumi, the magical girl..shamless plug for this week..:) and I was 
wondering if I should ship these out to r.a.a.c knowing that it will be a 
small miracle if I can post the future chapters of my fic to the net (it 
will also be a small miracle if my Unix account doesn't get nuked...)? 
The reason I'm asking this is I had bad experience with leaving a fic 
hanging last year, and I'm still dealing with my stupidity for that 
decison (I like to think I've improved as an author over the last 
year...). I don't want to relive that same mistake again. So what do you 
think I should do, should I release the fic to the net or should I wait 
untill I finish the entire series over the summer months (hopefully...)? 
Any feedback is greatly apprciated....

Just release what you have, and include a note explaining that you can't and 
won't finish the series "on time".  Then, if anyone can't wait for the next 
chapter it's their problem and not yours because you already warned them.

Ja ne!!

Richard Beaubien
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Mizuno Ami-chan forever!!!