Should I keep posting stories?

FrankCox I'm all for writers, novice or seasoned, to gain exposure, and, like I said, offering a link to your works is, not only appropriate, but informative. Many years ago I started writing prose because I grew tired of trying to tell a story in song format. I haven't made The New York Times best seller list, but I get royalty payments every month from the books I've published on Amazon. A friend of mine, who is a published writer, and has had at least one of his books turned into a movie, said having a blog or website and gaining exposure on social media is important in establishing credibility. I'm not on "social media" (other than this forum), but I do have a blog site (built and hosted for free on Wordpress.com). If you like writing, and want others to read it (which you obviously do, or you wouldn't have posted stories here), and want, or need, feedback, you should seek out writer's forums, or at least do the blog thing.

Navindra is a pretty easy going guy, and he's put a lot of time and effort, and his own money, to build this piano forum. And I think we should all respect the essence of what he has envisioned.

Pallas Professional approach as an aspiring writer, not how someone behaves or misbehaves on this forum. Navindra included OT threads in the design of this forum, and so far, it's all fair game, anyone can post whatever they want. My perspective is that submitting writings (non-piano related) on what is obviously meant to be a piano based forum may be technically acceptable as an Off Topic contribution, but comes off as being just a bit desperate, or perhaps insensitive, and lacks the poise of presenting ones self as a serious writer. My comments to Frank are offered as constructive. And your phrase of "smacked down" is both heavy handed and a misrepresentation of what I said.

FrankCox Frank, I'm just one person out of dozens on this forum, and it's not my forum, so my comments are hardly indicative of a consensus. In fact, at this point I'm sorry I said anything. If you feel comfortable posting something, then post it. You're not breaking any rules. If you're going to be a writer, you should become a little thicker-skinned with regard to comments. I just thought your stories (and you as a writer) would have more credibility in a place where a potential reader would expect to find a story. I haven't read them. Maybe they're great. I hope so. I don't think you should abandon this thread until you hear from more forum members, or Navindra.