I believe there are several obstacles hindering authors' activity. The main one is the widespread discouragement with the Hostboard website. The demise of the main forum discouraged many authors; previously, there was an active community reading older stories.

But with that forum gone, authors are undoubtedly left vulnerable. The same could happen to this forum at any time. Even so, I think it's only a matter of time; the more stories we accumulate, the more likely it is that we'll be motivated to create even more.