I hope you don't think you can get rid of me that easily... :) Can I volunteer for minion duty?
*sigh* The review thing. First, I really wish that skyehawke would put its popular stories listings back up - I know what they're going through in terms of hosting/server problems, etc., but it's not really doing anyone any favours, that's for sure! Second, what with the problems, the site's been down sporadically quite a bit over the past few weeks. I know I've talked to quite a few people who've said they had intended to read DSOT, but skyehawke was down when they'd had free time. Hopefully that will all change soon.
I quite agree that skyehawke's average reader is not a particularly responsible reviewer. I also know tons of lurkers who only come out of the woodwork and comment when you've done something they don't like. It's always sort of a mixed bag when you get comments like "I've been reading your stuff for ages and always loved it, but I can't believe you wrote Harry/Lucius!" or something along those lines. Like, thanks for letting me know! I'm sometimes quite appalled myself, comparing the hits/reviews ratio on tons of stories. There are so many amazing fics on skyehawke with only two or three reviews.
The fics with multiple chapters that get posted one at a time seem to gain momentum, I've noticed. That does absolutely nothing for people who don't necessarily write chronologically, though, so it really isn't fair. But then, your stuff should be getting at least seven times the number of comments (for each chapter, that is). I admit I don't comment on everything I read, particularly if I found it less than inspiring - but I don't think that anyone who read even half a chapter of DSOT could claim that, so we're back to the issue of irresponsible readers. Sometimes I just think about how many words the author wrote, and how few it would take on the part of the reader to give an abridged version of what they thought. And I'm totally rambling. Apologies. :)
Do you really keep a spreadsheet? :) That sounds like something I would do... do you need any info on me? Just ask if you do. :) I have a feeling that the comment word-counter is about to curtail this, so pardon me while I go and start a fresh one.
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*sigh* The review thing. First, I really wish that skyehawke would put its popular stories listings back up - I know what they're going through in terms of hosting/server problems, etc., but it's not really doing anyone any favours, that's for sure! Second, what with the problems, the site's been down sporadically quite a bit over the past few weeks. I know I've talked to quite a few people who've said they had intended to read DSOT, but skyehawke was down when they'd had free time. Hopefully that will all change soon.
I quite agree that skyehawke's average reader is not a particularly responsible reviewer. I also know tons of lurkers who only come out of the woodwork and comment when you've done something they don't like. It's always sort of a mixed bag when you get comments like "I've been reading your stuff for ages and always loved it, but I can't believe you wrote Harry/Lucius!" or something along those lines. Like, thanks for letting me know! I'm sometimes quite appalled myself, comparing the hits/reviews ratio on tons of stories. There are so many amazing fics on skyehawke with only two or three reviews.
The fics with multiple chapters that get posted one at a time seem to gain momentum, I've noticed. That does absolutely nothing for people who don't necessarily write chronologically, though, so it really isn't fair. But then, your stuff should be getting at least seven times the number of comments (for each chapter, that is). I admit I don't comment on everything I read, particularly if I found it less than inspiring - but I don't think that anyone who read even half a chapter of DSOT could claim that, so we're back to the issue of irresponsible readers. Sometimes I just think about how many words the author wrote, and how few it would take on the part of the reader to give an abridged version of what they thought. And I'm totally rambling. Apologies. :)
Do you really keep a spreadsheet? :) That sounds like something I would do... do you need any info on me? Just ask if you do. :) I have a feeling that the comment word-counter is about to curtail this, so pardon me while I go and start a fresh one.