Stan was not prepared
Edward Steichen Japanese Vase ca. 1940 color print, dye imbibition process 24.0 x 18.3 cm. George Eastman Museum
the august preoccupations by Catherine Barnett
I keep getting comments on WIPs from readers—some who are registered AO3 users—expressing some form of “I like this story and check regularly for updates”. I don’t know if this is a permutation of “I can’t wait for an update” or if people genuinely don’t know about AO3’s Subscribe button.
Subscribing to a story automatically sends an email notification to the subscriber whenever the story is updated.
I don’t want to seem patronizing by mentioning subscriptions, but I also don’t want readers to be working so hard keeping up with a fic when there’s an easier solution. Or am I taking a compliment too literally?
(Please reblog for farther reach)