tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188724087075739853.post2880311397326401324..comments2024-03-02T07:47:01.546-05:00Comments on The Lair of the Silver Fox.: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!The Silver Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188724087075739853.post-25486494584279663642010-10-22T01:07:13.933-04:002010-10-22T01:07:13.933-04:00A very serious reply: Skip and I tried something d...<b>A very serious reply:</b> Skip and I tried something different with <i>Pleasantview</i>: a continuing "soap opera" type storyline. And between our writing and Skip's videos, we really busted our butts on it.<br /><br />Being a blog, it didn't generate any income, of course, and we naturally knew from the start that it wouldn't. So we depended on site hits and comments to tell us how we were doing, hoping that the feedback would make it worth our while creatively. At one point, we were getting lots of new followers, and lots of comments. Slowly but surely, readership dropped off, and we never knew why. (The timing was irksome. We built up to a big "season finale," and almost no one seemed to care by then.)<br /><br />Maybe it was the fact that there were rarely any short posts, and readers didn't want to invest the time necessary to stick with us (which is understandable). Maybe one by one, people just didn't like the storyline(s). <i>No one ever told us why.</i> It was like carrying a baby for nine months, only to have people say, "Boy, what an ugly kid!"<br /><br />So... we basically said "Why knock ourselves out for our three or four remaining regulars, when we as partners can put our time and energy toward (non-blog) projects which will hopefully make us money?"<br /><br />Therefore, <i>Pleasantview</i> in its former format is done. Sooner or later, there will probably be one-shot stories or even a multi-parter once in a great while... but no, no "Kewl Beanz!" events. (That one alone took <i>months</i> to develop, and we were re-writing and improvising all day long.)<br /><br />On the other hand, <i>I'm</i> planning a Charles Dickens event for February, on <i>this</i> blog. And it'll be a lot less work for me, I promise you!The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188724087075739853.post-17527198571516813632010-10-22T00:46:51.322-04:002010-10-22T00:46:51.322-04:00I'm glad you put this out there for all of us ...I'm glad you put this out there for all of us to see and catch up. BUT I have a question--can;t you resurrect it again for KEWL Beans, come january? that was so fun.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712046924863763290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188724087075739853.post-56600900840617256422010-10-19T21:46:49.009-04:002010-10-19T21:46:49.009-04:00Are there prizes for sticking with Pleasantview ti...Are there prizes for sticking with Pleasantview til the very end? ;)Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188724087075739853.post-82183731441126484232010-10-18T21:55:49.973-04:002010-10-18T21:55:49.973-04:00I'll miss Kewl Beanz...I'll miss Kewl Beanz...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188724087075739853.post-6700517679505468102010-10-18T19:50:10.892-04:002010-10-18T19:50:10.892-04:00Wow about Pleasantville! And, I really liked your...Wow about Pleasantville! And, I really liked your post about the "fake" Charlie Chaplin.Kate Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089480767005955018noreply@blogger.com