Lazing around, waiting to go to Sweetie's family for Christmas dinner, and I thought I'd just check on SOL.
I found my recently completed stories under, oddly enough, under 'Top Downloads' under 'Completed Stories'. I found mine. #2,3,4 on the list, all scoring 8+.
To me, this is very satisfying. I started doing this on this site back in 2011. I'd been posting to a couple of other sites, but SOL gave me a really GREAT platform to share stories that I wrote for MYSELF.
That's been my key. I write for me. Turns out I am not the only one who wants these things, and because of you, the numbers stay very encouraging.
Discounting the numbers, though, there's a constant stream, sometimes a flood, of comments, many praising, a few chiding, several with suggestions for paths forward int eh story lines. All this keeps me going, other wise I'd just kick back and pester TedBiker to write more.