First of all, thank you. For reading my stories, voting (more on that in a mo!), for sending me emails.
Now personally, I don't even notice my reader scores so I wouldn't have brought the subject up except that so many of you - - would hordes be an exaggeration? - - have referenced the twin culprits responsible for my low numbers.
Low, despite the near perfection of my prose. The dichotomy can be partially traced to editorial … um, fallibility.
Now Thorny - - thornfoote - - is, I am somewhat sure … well, not sure, but hopeful, a decent chap. But limited in his well-meaning way. If you catch my drift. He's not overly burdened with the rigor of sentience.
Of course it would be unfair, and inaccurate, to point the middle finger solely at Thorny. Reluctant as I've been to acknowledge the ever-louder whispers about SOL as an institution, the bribery-for-ballots issue on reader scores can no longer be kept from public scrutiny.
If the site authorities here decide to crack down on this whistleblower and this blog post should suddenly go blank you'll understa