I always did mean to come back and leave a comment as myself, just so you wouldn't think that I had neglected you! That was one of the problems with leaving them all under an assumed name -- the people who might look for a comment from me wouldn't realize that they had gotten one, and we couldn't converse about how much I-personally-me had liked their story.
The other problem with leaving them all under an assumed name, of course, was the problem that I often have with commenting while modding -- it's very difficult to not let my knowledge of who wrote the story influence the comment. Which, when *I'm* trying to be anonymous, too, rather compounds the problem.
(For your story, for example, I VERY much wanted to compliment you on expanding your stylistic range, BUT OF COURSE I COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT OUTING YOU. May I say now, I was so thrilled to see how well your efforts to expand your repertory had come out? I know you had wanted to do that, and it was a delight to see the results. It's little wonder that I spilled enthusiasm all over everywhere in that comment.)
But yes, I did rather think you'd spot who Mrs Beeton was: I think she got to most of the stories, and I never really worked up an alternate persona for her before I started, so there was ample data for you to work with.
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The other problem with leaving them all under an assumed name, of course, was the problem that I often have with commenting while modding -- it's very difficult to not let my knowledge of who wrote the story influence the comment. Which, when *I'm* trying to be anonymous, too, rather compounds the problem.
(For your story, for example, I VERY much wanted to compliment you on expanding your stylistic range, BUT OF COURSE I COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT OUTING YOU. May I say now, I was so thrilled to see how well your efforts to expand your repertory had come out? I know you had wanted to do that, and it was a delight to see the results. It's little wonder that I spilled enthusiasm all over everywhere in that comment.)
But yes, I did rather think you'd spot who Mrs Beeton was: I think she got to most of the stories, and I never really worked up an alternate persona for her before I started, so there was ample data for you to work with.