TheDarkKnight: Blog

After I posted about "Spiders", it's now no. 3 on my weekly download list, after lying dormant for almost a year. That wasn't my intent, but I'll take it. Stay warm, my friends. It seems like a good weekend for reading.

After my previous posts, there were a lot of downloads of "Spiders" this weekend. Unfortunately, the score went down by.3, which is a lot.

That'll teach me.

Maybe I need a new hobby.

I logged on this evening and found a bunch of replies to my plea for help about "Spiders". Gave me lots to think about and digest. Over the next couple of days, I will be responding to each of you individually.

Based on some of your comments, I wonder whether the cover might have scared some readers off. It gave me the creeps.

I have one story ("Spiders") that is a bit of a mystery to me, and I'm hoping some of you who enjoy my stories can help me understand what's going on. I originally wrote it for last year's Halloween contest, but decided to just go ahead and post it.

It has never been popular; even now, it has only 22 votes, and neither the vote count nor the score has changed in over a year. It still gets an occasional download, five this week, 666 since it was posted, which is disappointing, because I think it's one of my best efforts. I don't know why it is so unpopular, or maybe ignored is the better word.

I've assumed it's because, as a "No Sex", "Horror" story; it's way out of my normal lane, but if that's true, I feel frustrated, because I want to try others in that genre, but why bother if no one will read them.

Anyway, I'm not asking you to read it, just maybe glance at the story description and story codes to see what makes readers pass it by.

Maybe I should write a story about a team of vampire-hunter girls who play volleyball? They probably would have some great spikes.

And yes, before anyone asks, I would like some crackers with my whine.

It's done, finally. I never expected it to be this long when I started it, but I fell in love (or lust) with the characters.

Now, to take a few days off, then get to work on one or more of the dozen or so stories languishing in my WIP folder.