How much do you pay attention to your ratings?

[elfin_odalisque]

I check my scores obsessively with each new story, a couple of times a day for at least the first week. Then I only pop back in occasionally to see how the rest of them are doing. The scores are nice, but I prefer the feedback ... that little extra bit of effort it takes to send a note or leave a comment proves that someone spared the time to type it out rather than just click, and I appreciate that.

As for cruddy stories raking in the votes, yeah, that is aggravating. But I feel the same way when I see lame books on the bookstore shelves and best-seller lists, when I'm struggling even to get published. I hope to someday be a big enough name to coast on my laurels for books and books, getting sloppy and inane, while bringing down those 6-figure advances, yeah baby!

-- Sabledrake

Dream on! I can beat you cos I've already scripted the conversations for the booksigning sessions.

Don't tell anyone.