This is my Insecure Writers Support Group post for December 2024. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month are: Ronel, Deniz, Pat Garcia, Olga Godim, & Cathrina Constantine! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you . 💻💻💻💻💻 Can you believe it's December already? Where did the year go! December 4 question: Do you write cliffhangers at the end of your stories? Are they a turn-off to you as a writer and/or a reader? I write romance, so, no, I do not end my books on a cliffhanger. My readers expect a happily ever after. Reader-me enjoyed a series of short works many years ago that ended with hooks and formed a complete story as a set, but they were appropriately priced for the page count, and the author rapid-released them (one every week or two?), so I didn't have to wait long for the next. As a rule, however, I prefer full-length novels with happy or, at least, satisfying endings. I hope 2024 has a happy...