Well, I've set the last two in that series as Spike/Dru, and there are a few people that search that--and then if they click the author link they'll see the rest. When I finish my Christmas Spillyria fic I'm going to buy a month's membership (it's $5) and see what kind of hit count I'm getting as opposed to reviews.
Keeping your name at the top of the list can get you noticed too. If I have a multi-chaptered fic, I post one chapter at a time over a few days. That way, the people who casually surf FFN are more likely to see it. *evil grin* The drabble collections are good for that too.
I just took a look at your Christmas fic, and I think I may see why it didn't get any reviews. 12K words, one chapter. People are intimidated by that; if you'd chaptered it and fed it to them in smaller chunks, you might have gotten a response. It's a funny place, and you have to know your audience. I'm not saying dumb it down by any means, but 12K words in one big chunk is something I myself generally won't click on, just because of the time investment required--and I'm a fast reader. I can only imagine a fangirl response to it. Lyke OMG thats sooo loonnnnngggg!11!!!!!!11!one!
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Date: 2005-01-04 05:20 pm (UTC)Keeping your name at the top of the list can get you noticed too. If I have a multi-chaptered fic, I post one chapter at a time over a few days. That way, the people who casually surf FFN are more likely to see it. *evil grin* The drabble collections are good for that too.
I just took a look at your Christmas fic, and I think I may see why it didn't get any reviews. 12K words, one chapter. People are intimidated by that; if you'd chaptered it and fed it to them in smaller chunks, you might have gotten a response. It's a funny place, and you have to know your audience. I'm not saying dumb it down by any means, but 12K words in one big chunk is something I myself generally won't click on, just because of the time investment required--and I'm a fast reader. I can only imagine a fangirl response to it. Lyke OMG thats sooo loonnnnngggg!11!!!!!!11!one!
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