[@rebornfan320] Well, I mean, 'dishonorable' is a really weird way of looking at things. Remember when I said 'taking a laid back approach?' Honor is a moral concept, which means it's inherently subjective. It's up to you how much credence you put into things like honor and being ghosted, and how you let that affect you. You talk about how 'experience and interest haven't shown you much,' well--that's everybody, bud. It's not about experience and interest, it's about the art of enjoying. Enjoying what you're doing, having fun putting it out there. It's not some latchkey point where you hit a certain number of posts and then suddenly you're successful. 

You state that you 'feel like you have to be guarded.' Obviously, that hasn't been working for you, and if it's killing your muse, then maybe you should try something new for a while. It's not some great surrender, it's not some ongoing war. It's just a game that we all play, and enjoy the playing thereof. Losing partners and players is a part of that game. Perhaps you should look for partners, look for people who are interested in doing something even a little bit interesting to you, or--honestly--are just interesting people you'd like to get to know. Roleplaying is an inherently interactive experience. If people aren't getting what they want out of it, and they bounce, that's not... That's not 'dishonor,' that's just 'moving on.' It sucks that they did just disappear, but you have to take a grain of salt in with you whenever you do just about anything that requires more than one creative. 

Que sera sera. Just gotta plug away and enjoy the writing and the doing.