Submitted 09/14/09 20:24:36 by Nancy Smith from c.

Q On the comment from Nancy Rotan about "Mother:Please Fly Home Now". I agree with her. I want the whole story and not just a tease. Suppose someone is out of town and misses the "rest of the story". Your "serial narrative" is like the TV evening news "stay tuned at 11 for the rest of the story". No one likes that.

Answered 09/15/09 17:58:53 by Rick Thames

A: Thanks Nancy. For the record, I don't like those TV evening news teases, either. But I do think this series is less like that and more like a series of chapters in a book. That said, I've heard from others who share your sentiment. They want to read this "book" all at once. We understand that. Those readers, we believe, will ultimately be satisfied with a longer, more detailed story that provides the conclusion of the series. It will appear this Sunday (Sept. 20). And it won't be necessary for a person to have read the whole series in order to follow the Sunday story. As for these daily installments, we don't mean to frustrate or "tease" our readers with them. Rather, we are trying to write each installment so it provides a chronologically arranged slice of the story that is worth knowing even if you don't read the other 10 parts of the series. But if the approach does frustrate, know that the end is near! On Sept. 20, the outcome for all the characters who have unresolved issues will be known.