SarahWeaver6 Actually, I find that poetry gets more views simply because it’s quicker to read and delivers more impact in a smaller space.

As for me, I’ve gotten into trouble with my writing for being too “poetic” and thus hard to read (I’ve toned it down since). I can’t call myself a poet in any sense of the real form (I've only written a dozen or so poems too). I just like pretty language, imagery, and symbolism, but in terms of overall depth of meaning where one could have philosophical conversation about life on it? Nahhhh~~ I’ve never had that talent of a few simple words/lines that pack a lot of meaning. It’s amazing really.

So way to go poet! I'd love to read your poems sometime.

      Chryiss Yes specifically a hybrid of French, Spanish, and Japanese forms. Flalaiku is a port portmanteau of Flamenco, Lai, and Haiku.

      Although it ended up rubbing off on how I edited my prose as well: hoping it wont be to overpowering. My work just sort of became its own culture, after fusing cross-cultural elements. So now even though there is a small element of historical fiction there (it's a historical and science fiction fusion), it's really its own thing: specifically Anna-Marie is neither French, Irish, or Japanese.

      It seems like that be harder to translate across cultures in the long term.

          SarahWeaver6 Holy cow, Flalaiku sounds damn awesome!

          And I think the mixing is really cool. It adds originality and style to ones writing. I can see how it’s more difficult to translate across cultures, but honestly I think it would do a lot of good to open up people’s eyes to other cultures and histories.

            130k for 182 collections -> 714 ratio. It's an improvement. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.

            10,000 reads but slightly less collection to reads, compared to my older novella. Although that's to be expected. Prequels, I've heard, don't tend to get as many reads as the main novella.

            mine is 97:1, 8 decrease from the previous one.

            perks of slowly growing, i guess? and few chapters and slow updates. and romance novel.

              Today's batch.

              Zaldizko {BL} Ratio 365:1 ↑8

              To My Sunflower {BL} 447:1↓24
              Suspect having it on temporary hold doesn't help. I really need to fix up the timelines, so happy with the sacrifice.

              To Like A Man {BL} 443:1↑93
              Wow. I'm gobsmacked. Is it because I gave a shout-out to the Philippines in one of the posts? :thinking:

                Reinesse Nice! Although I wouldn’t think firsthand that slow updates would help, but I guess I can see how when it’s new.

                Romance novel eh? Maybe I should just switch over my genre to romance since it technically will have romance... lol just joking, but it is almost half tempting.

                For a popular genre though, it’s interesting how the huge number of novels under it doesn’t detract from people finding them and picking them up to read!

                Fantasy seems popular too, but maybe it’s so broad? Because I had 2 collections for the longest time after starting. XD

                    Chryiss it's easier to assume that there are more romance novels but in actuality, there are more fantasy. i'm actually surprised that i have a few readers even if i don't have any ceo on it.

                        Update as of 22/03/2019
                        Ratio: 201:1
                        I think it is worsening. Idk what to do for increasing collections. Can anybody give tips?

                          Reinesse Yup! There seems to be more fantasy titles (although it’s the romance ones that get contracted most), but in terms of reader popularity, they don’t seem to seek them out as much as romance.

                          PoppyQueen Which book is that?

                                PoppyQueen is this Crimson Love? Strange, since the interest seems consistent. Readership can be fickle. Growing as an author also means acknowledging readership will fluctuate at a varied level according seasons and emerging trends. That's why I track my ratios frequently, so I can try to trend the fluctuation as much as possible.

                                Right now, I'm getting interest due to the LGBT writing prompt. Once that prompt dies, my guess the interest will drop off. My stories will hit a silent time again, which I will use to revise posts, work on new content and promotions.

                                The silent periods are the times to revise or stockpile new posts; high interest is the time to go for broke with pestering promotions. Use each stage to boost or better your story when they occur.

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