Berating

I'm bummed that I've only received like 233 ratings on the Goodreads. Even though my average is like 4.1 stars -- basically what that tells me is the rare souls who read my work seem to like my work.

But only 233 ratings? Argh! And that's stretched out over a pile of novels, a smattering of novellas, and a smidgen of short story collections.

Major marketing fail. Hard to wrap my mind around that. The audiences that are out there just aren't drawn to my books. Can't figure that out.

I suppose I'm feeling that failure with my Horror work because my WIP Super-Series is an entirely different genre, so I'm wondering whether that will carry through in this new series, or whether it'll find its audience.

All I know from the numbers to date is that my Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery has utterly failed to find its audience.

Again, it's like being in an auditorium filled with screaming people (aka, every other author out there) and trying to be heard, and not having a Greek Chorus to sing my praises.

The few brave/adventurous souls who actually do read my books seem to enjoy them. But most either don't see them or won't go near them and/or aren't compelled to pick them up.

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