3 weeks · 6:47pm Jan 10th, 2020
Well, it’s been three weeks since I started releasing chapters for The Ash of Fallen Stars (henceforth: Fallen Stars), and the results are… disheartening. 21 days, 58 views. I’m pretty sure that’s the worst any of my stories have done. (even the less-liked ones such as “What do you think” or “The Nightmare Night Knightmare.”) I would have thought that having it show up in the updated stories section would give it a significant boost every week, but I think I’ve had maybe 3 new views this week. I’m pretty sure it’s the tags and description.
I’m awful at tags and short descriptions. Just terrible.
That said, it’s got 0 down-votes, and each week does have a bump in views and likes when I update. (
?) There’s also something interesting in the statistics. Of the 58 unique views, 49 readers have put it in a bookshelf of some sort. This tells me that the few who are reading it actually like it. Although essentially no-one has read the third chapter. This tells me that a bunch of people read the first chapter and didn’t bother coming back. (I like how the statistics screen works, I don’t like what it tells me.)
On other news, I submitted The Mask of Despair to EQD. I don’t expect it to show up there, but I’ll never know unless I try… right?
(Also, for some reason, up-votes don’t show up on its embed/front page thing. Did I somehow turn that display off?)
(Very minor sidenote: I finally decided on Shadow Break's name change. He's Equinox now. I also went back and changed Auctor's name to Pendragon.)
I think that upvotes don't show up until there are at least ten of them. I'm not entirely sure though. 🤷
I'm hoping to read your story soon! I have a lot of work, and I'm trying not to get too mixed up in a good fanfic or I'll never get anything done! I'm thinking once I get another chapter of my own story out, then I'll have some time! You can expect another viewer soon, my friend.
I really enjoy it, it's a great sequel to the MDFH and I for one don't see why people don't stick around.
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Thanks.