I may rank as one of the second or third rank of authors here, certainly not one of the superstars, and believe me, there are some incredibly talented writers who post here. Still, it is my privilege to write stories for posting on BC that get some degree of appreciation. Like most of the contributors here I do it mainly for my own satisfaction and have never even considered any financial return.

My recompense comes in the form of feedback from the readers by way of comments and kudos, plus a satisfactory number of hits, although there is some disagreement as to what that particular measure actually signifies. I have recently been engaged in some dialogue with other authors and we all agree that BC is far superior to other sites (FM in particular) in providing such feedback to the writer.

Live long and prosper, Big Closet.