The Curious Incident of the God in the Night-time ...

[speaker_to_customers]

I knew when I started posting my stories on fanfic.net that it would probably depress me and I was right. It has done.

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[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

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!

It's all about headology...

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Oops! *blushes* How did this comment wind up way down here? Argh...

Must get more caffeine.

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

Good point. It didn't really occur to me to chapter it, it was a short story and only marginally longer than a single chapter of "Pandora's Boxer", but perhaps I should have done.

That sort of thing doesn't intimidate me; after all, there's no rule that says you have to read it all at once, you can always take a break and come back to it later.

I might buy a month's membership myself soon. After all, before long $5 will be about 4p.

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

I've just taken your advice and divided it into two chapters, thereby making it less intimidating and also putting it back to the front of the queue. Thanks.