Neopian Times Issue 63 FINALLY Here

[Lappi]

Whoo! Neomails! -_-;;

[stoneman3x]

antikyle said:

I voted back when I thought stoneman was one of the most published Times author out there (Al_the_chia? What the dickens is an "Al_the_chia"?)

Yep, little, newbie me. But now I'm a whopping 4 months, so I demand respect dagnabbit.

Awww... we all respeckle ya! Anyway, I think I finally squeaked into the top 25 recently... which is another thing that totally blows my mind... especially since I think Josh published my first four comics out of pure big-hearted sympathy.

[stoneman3x]

Linnen said:

Stoney, your are the greatest being in the universe. ^_~

I try to answer every neomail I get, but some just get lost in the shuffle (Like the thingy SAYS I replied to it, but I didn't) and others are stuff that I can't respond to/don't even warrent a response. e_e

Anyways, it's good that you remeber that person. That way you won't treat another future Stoneman like poop. ^_^

LOL-- sure, like the fans don't swell my head big enough! I come here to be mercilessly trashed by my peers, durn ya-- oh, forget it-- like that's ever gonna happen with this jelly llama eating bunch. But seriously, I agree-- that experience really has made me very conscious of how I reply to people who write to me. I get a lot of neomail that says something like, "Yur comix r grate!" and I write back and say, "Thank you for taking the time to write to me to say that!" and I'll get a Neomail back that says, "Wow! I've written to a lot of Neopian Times writers but you're the first one who ever answered..." and suddenly they are talking coherently. I can understand why no one else ever answered them before, but at the same time it didn't cost me anything to be polite. I know that eventually I'll have to be more selective in who I respond to, but I really do try to answer anyone who compliments me. Like you said, I don't want to ever treat anyone like poop who could someday wind up being a good friend. My Neofriend list is filled with people who started out with a compliment or a question and I discovered were cool people to talk to.

[sollunaestrella]

Yeah, it's a good thing to reply to everyone. I always try to, and it's hardly ever difficult because I don't get much mail anymore. The most mail I ever got for an article was the one on donating...and I happened to be away at camp when that was published, so I guess everyone must have thought I was terribly rude not to reply until I actually got to a few weeks later, when I get home.

[Lappi]

sol_luna_estrella said:

Yeah, it's a good thing to reply to everyone. I always try to, and it's hardly ever difficult because I don't get much mail anymore. The most mail I ever got for an article was the one on donating...and I happened to be away at camp when that was published, so I guess everyone must have thought I was terribly rude not to reply until I actually got to a few weeks later, when I get home.

*nods* At least you said you were sorry, and I'm sure you did.

[sara]

I try to reply to all neomails within 48 hours (usually I manage within 24 hours), and if necessary I'll even suspend my guild, and in extreme cases taking care of my pets (two days aren't going to starve them) to get it done. Out of hundred neomails, about three will get lost and not replied to, but that's life.

I'm very frank about replying to neomails. I always say "Thank You" (even to hate mail - muahahaha!) but if they do something like send chatspeak, I'll point out that I requested they didn't do it on my lookup. More than one person has been surprised about my promptness in replying.

I also remember my newbie days, so I don't shove off newbie questions, unless they keep asking again and again even if I point them to websites with all the answers to their questions, and then I give them a piece of my mind ;D

[Princess Ember Mononoke]

stoneman3x said:

Thanks Ember and Linny! Yeah... I do get a lot of neomail, but if you toss out the ones who:

A) Think the stuff in my GALLERY is priced too high and I should lower the prices...
B) Want to know if their pet can date my pet...
C) Want me to vote for their pic in the Beauty Contest...
D) Want me to draw a pic for them so they can enter the Beauty Contest...
E) Challenge me to the Battledome through neomail because I have Battledome challenges blocked...
F) Ask me to join their guild because I have guild requests blocked...
G) Say nothing but "A/S/L?"
H) Want me to forward a chain letter about a little girl who lost her daddy in 911 because the Red Cross can psychically determine neomail forwarding and donate to the relief fund of 911 victims...
I) Want to know how to get a Krawk...
J) Want me to give them a Krawk...
K) Want to know where to get a fire paint brush...
L) Want me to give them a fire paint brush...
M) Want me to check out their shop and tell them what I think...
N) Want me to check out their Neopets and tell them what I think...
O) Want me to check out their Neopets pet pages and tell them what I think...
P) Want me to check out their guild and tell them what I think...
Q) Want to know how I got so rich despite the fact I keep saying I am not rich...
R) Want to know where they can go to find Commander Garoo...
S) Simply write to me to tell me that I have a lot trophies because I probably hadn't noticed that...
T) Want to know where Jelly World is...
U) Who don't answer my personal Neomails about setting up a time to play my multiplayer competition games and then send me "move or lose" notices...
V) Cuss me out for blocking a friend of theirs who previously cussed me out for something I wrote about Chias or Lennies...
W) Ask me "Who are you? Your SN looks familiar"...
X) Write back "You're welcome" to my reply "Thanks"...
Y) Want me to give them a codestone or a faerie in exchange for information about where the Hidden Tower is...
Z) Want to know if you can really have your Neomail frozen for sending too many Neomails in one day, or if I'm just saying that because I'm too lazy to answer my Neomail...

THEN... I get probably about 10 fan neomails a day.

THAT is funny stuff. Is there anyway you could write some sort of an article around it? You'd be just the guy for the job.

[sara]

ember188 said:

THAT is funny stuff. Is there anyway you could write some sort of an article around it? You'd be just the guy for the job.

That would make his look self-centered or snobbish to write an article around that - but it would be perfect for a user lookup or a personal web page!

[stoneman3x]

I had thought about it, but yeah-- I thought it would be kinda hard to do without sounding egotistical, but I could do it as "Tips for Famous Neopians" or something...

[Oily]

I reply thank you to every neomail and answer every question. I find it hard to Neomail people with compliments or questions and so spend a long time phrasing it carefully (or never actually send it). If I do send it, I then get no answer to my question or no reply at all. Even a Thank you is just an indication that they've read it, so I always reply.
Soldius has been trying to get that article in for ages - it is just another victory for him.

[Lappi]

I think the article should be called (although this is long): How to Get on the Good Side of Neopian Times Writers (okay, that is long . . . )

[stoneman3x]

adoriblelapin said:

I think the article should be called (although this is long): How to Get on the Good Side of Neopian Times Writers (okay, that is long . . . )

Actually I love it! I think I will actually do it!