User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/4th Wikiversary: End of an Era/@comment-2021069-20140209201639

Congrats on four years, Gideon!

Also congrats on semi-retiring! I have so many family members who could really use changing from full-time to part-time but don't have enough saved up to do it, so you really were planning ahead there.

As for the progress, you still have a huge amount done, even if LTDI isn't at the point you thought it would be. Cross-posting can take forever considering the different formats of every site, so the fact that you've managed to do that and maintain an almost up to date TVTropes page is still a big deal. I think everyone sets a progress goal for their story and always seems to fall behind, but the fact is that in order to keep a story completely cohesive, it seems to make the most sense to take time to write both the current chapter and the chapters to come. There are some chapters of FYE that aren't coming up for a few episodes but are more fleshed out than the next one to be posted. Like you mentioned, the fact that you do that also allows you to use the "another story for another time" foreshadowing and actually have the event happen in a later chapter and not have it be a gag.

If I were any good at the TDI-style, I would be willing to help with the art request, but I'm going to stand back and see if any artists who actually work in a style closer to the show's take you up on the request.

Congrats again!