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Old 01-27-2008, 07:23 PM   #1227 (permalink)
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For a while now, I've been thinking about the direction this story should take. When I started writing it, I never imagined that I'd still be at it almost five years later. Pat O'Farrell's story has never become boring to me. I've left the story for a while on several occasions, when life became busy and demanding, or when I devoted more time and attention to another dynasty or another game. I've always come back to this one, however, because I start to miss it.

I can see, however, how a thread that's over a thousand posts long can be, well, too long and unmanageable. I can imagine that a reader who is new to the forum would pass this thread by because it's just too long.

In a sense, I feel like this thread is a lot like a veteran ballplayer at the end of his career, the kind about whom people say..."You should have seen him back in the day." I think it might be time to move on; maybe try something new, perhaps with some of the same characters.

Just a few thoughts...
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