Okay, so I posted the latest chapter of Mayhem in a Pill, and it is safe to say there have been a few people who have at least checked it out. There have been at least 5,300 who have checked it out since I posted the chapter yesterday.
I think that is pretty good. But then again, it has me waxing poetic about the good old days. You remember them good ol' days, don't you?
Back when you post a chapter, and it stays on the front page for at least three days with the minimal amount of scrolling needed to get to it. But now, with the success of SOL, the chapter gets pushed to page two and even page three within 20 hours of posting because so many more stories are being added to the overall count. I like this. And I don't like this.
But the more I think about it, yes, it is nice the site is doing so well, but it also shoves my story further away and forces the people who only read on weekends or after work to scroll further. I know. I know. I can feel the trolls pointing out that SOL has custom tools helping people keep track of titles and authors in who they are already interested. It's weird to think there aren't people waiting with bated breath for the next chapter of my story. (Tee hee.) just like my editors.
But I worry for the new reader. The new people on the site are just finding out about the incredible authors on this site. Ugh. But I digress. Maybe that will nudge these people into joining the website as paying members. Or maybe even as fellow authors. But I can secretly hope their stories are not as good as mine or my favorites.
I guess I'll just have to promote my story with these here blog posts and maybe drive some new readers thatta way
Tee hee.
--Shinerdrinker