Back in 2007, when I posted Purple Silk as my first story, I never thought that I would still be writing stories a decade or more later. Even more, I never expected any of my stories to rocket up the list the way A Sheltered Life has. My stories have generally gone up the rank one or two stories at a time, measured over months or years. The rank stack of stories has not altered much in the last three odd years. Luci is still my most-read story, at a little over 28K downloads (small when you compare it with other authors, I know, but I am happy with it). Number two, until this week, has been Rainy Night in Paris at a little over 3K downloads. It is now number three as Sheltered Life has passed 5K downloads (and there are still five chapters to come). The knock-on effect is some shuffling in the other stories, but nothing measuring in the hundreds, much less the thousands.
Regardless, I will keep writing. Thanks for reading.