Nice if authors always remembered that the object is to please the reader, not the writer. Otherwise, why publish? Write what you want to read, by all means, then shove it in drawer. Job done.
If you publish, surely you want other people to share; there's nothing like the gratification of a reader contacting you in appreciation of what you've done. It means you have pleased someone else.
A good story, well told; what more does a reader need?
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