Dear loser,

I'd just like to let you know that I've grown tired of your cowardice and idle threats. Do you think, truly and honestly, that you can scare me into updating anything I write? Really? Well I've got news for you: you can't. I'm not scared of you or anyone else out there, fan or not, so please, grow up. I'm sure some of you may be wondering why I'm taking the time out to reply to a "reviewer" in this fashion; well let me tell you.

I've recently been receiving some, let's just say rude, comments in my review box. For example:

when do you think you will be done with the next chapter

This was the first review I received on the recent SG update, the writer anonymous so I'm not sure how they thought I was going to respond to that. Not rude yet but we are far from finished here. The very next review was from a person with an account, I will not name names, you can go back and look if you're curious.

yo what time ya think ya be done with that chapter 23 of SG for me

Again, not overtly rude or pushy so it didn't really bother me and I went about my business for the day. Shortly after that, and on the same day might I add, I received yet another "anonymous" review. By this point I knew who the person was but I chose not to respond.

i hope your almost done with the next chapter

Letting this all roll off my back as it was, at this point, certainly nothing to get upset over, I again went about my business, doing what I do, and moved forward with my day. I don't always have time to respond right away to reviews but I do my best and I know that most of you know that. The next review was by the same user, this time again with an accounted name and posted to a chapter at the beginning of the story.

yo ya done yet im sick of waiting

I did not ignore this one. How could I with how blatantly rude and disrespectful it is? So I responded thus:

Do you realize that, not only is it the holidays right now, but I have a job and a child as well as a life. Also, it takes time and effort to make the chapters I post coherent, cohesive and worth while for the readers. I understand you are eager to read the next update but do not push me. The only thing it will accomplish is to irritate me and that will result in an even longer wait.

~Penny

I feel that it was rather tame for my initial response, which was to rant and curse up a storm thank you very much. But I tried, God knows I did, to be as nice as I could allow myself in that reply. I didn't hear anything for three days and thought to myself, "Good, they took the hint and will now be respectful and give me some space." Oh how very wrong I was.

Just moments ago I got a review on Hollow, my new story which I posted the other day. It is set as anonymous but since they refer to a reply I sent to an accounted person, how could I not know who they are?

so ya have time to make this fucking story but you havent the fucking time to
make the next fucking chapter of SG

p.s. if you dont fucking finish the next fucking chapter in the two days ima
stop reading you fucking storys

Oh you have no idea how angry this has made me. How dare you, little child that you are, threaten me in such a fashion. Yes, I have the time to "make this fucking story" and no, I "havent the fucking time" to make an update for Solid Gold yet. So sorry that I can't cater to your whim, child. Perhaps I'd feel a little, little, different in this reply to your disgusting review if you had taken the time to write using proper grammar and punctuation. I must have just made you so upset that I didn't do what you told me to.

Fuck you.

And FYI, I could give two shits if I lose you as a reader because people like you make me sick. You should be ashamed of yourself. I'll finish the goddamned chapter whenever the hell I feel like and if that's not good enough for you then good riddance to bad rubbish I say. I work on my time and no one else's so get over yourself and stop thinking that you can control people with words such as you attempt to use.

You make me sick.

And if anyone else out there feels like threatening me, go ahead and kick fucking rocks because I don't want you reading my work. Excuse my lack of eloquence in the latter part of this rant but I could no longer contain my feelings. I have never, in my life, been this upset with a so-called fan and I hope that this is the last time it will ever happen.

The next chapter of Solid Gold will be out when I finish it and not a moment sooner, the same goes for all of my other work.

~Mistress Penelopye